[cvsnt] Re: Renaming Branch Tags

[David Hauck]

Hi Tony, thanks very much for your suggestions, they're exactly what I need.
I wasn't familiar with "alias tags". So alias tags can be used on branch and
fixed tags interchangeably (I guess an alias tag is only really useful for
aliasing branch tags)? 
Regards, -David

> David Hauck wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have a desire to rename a branch tag. I realize it's 
> > easy/straightforward to rename fixed tags, but was wondering if the 
> > same thing was true for branch tags. I suspect not. Is this 
> something 
> > that CVSNT can do?
> > 
> > For example:
> > 1. Develop on the trunk (v1.0).
> > 2. Branch for speculative v1.1 effort (use V1_1_BRANCH as 
> the branch 
> > tag). 3. Stop branch development, merge v1.1 into the trunk. 4. 
> > Continue v1.1 effort on the trunk. 5. Release v1.1 and 
> branch (ideally 
> > using V1_1_BRANCH as the branch tag) for ongoing v1.1 patch 
> releases.
> > 
> > I'd like the v1.1 patch release to occur on a branch with tag 
> > V1_1_BRANCH. Unfortunately the original (speculative) 
> branch (step 2) 
> > used this name. Ideally I'd like to rename the original branch 
> > something like V1_1_BRANCH_OLD (or some such), prior to 
> step 5 so that 
> > I might create the new branch with the name V1_1_BRANCH.
> > 
> cvsnt can do that with alias tags...  it sounds like your 
> going about it 
> in a more complex way than necessary though.
> 
> something like:
> 
> cvs rtag -A -r V1_1_BRANCH V1_1_BRANCH_OLD mymodule
> cvs rtag -B -d V1_1_BRANCH mymodule
> 
> then retag the new code with V1_1_BRANCH.
> 
> The easier way would just be to have a floating alias tag.  If you're 
> changing development streams a lot, have a single alias tag 
> CURRENT_BRANCH that points to V1_1_BRANCH initially, then 
> V1_1_BRANCH_NEW etc. and everyone knows that a checkout of 
> CURRENT_BRANCH will always get the right code.
> 
> To retarget an alias tag you'd do something like:
> 
> cvs rtag -A -F -B -r V1_1_BRANCH CURRENT_BRANCH mymodule
> 
> Tony
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