This isn't a rename, it creates a new tag at the same point in
space/time as the original tag. I suppose you could do a cvs tag -d of the
original afterwards and effectively get the rename behavior. This would
work fine for static tags, but seems like it would feel super dangerous on
branch tags.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Gersten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Sean Cavanaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "CVS List"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: Disable "cvs tag -F" of branch tags
> > In addition, both commands should probably be able to rename a
> > tag, a feature that as far as I can tell, does not exist in CVS at all.
> >
> > - Sean
>
> Just a thought, what's wrong with
>
> cvs rtag -r oldtagname newtagname
>
> to rename a regular tag?
>
> (rename a branch: Can't think of it -- the equivalent rtag -b will create
a
> new branch, without the -b will create a static tag, not rename.)
>
>
>
