Eric Siegerman wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 03:48:08PM -0300, Shane Turner wrote:
> > The only way that a file can be added on a branch is if there exists a
> > file on that branch.  Having that first file allows you to update to the
> > branch.
> >
> > So, since the only thing that seems to matter is whether or not the tag
> > exists in val-tags, then shouldn't there be a way to manage valid tags?
>
> "cvs tag -b branch" appears to succeed when performed in an empty directory:
>         $ ls -la
>         total 6
>         drwxr-xr-x   3 erics    www          512 Jun 14 18:04 .
>         drwxr-xr-x   4 erics    www          512 Jun 14 18:04 ..
>         drwxr-xr-x   2 erics    www          512 Jun 14 18:04 CVS
>         $ cvs tag -b branch
>         cvs tag: Tagging .
>         $ echo $?
>         0
>         $
>
> It would suffice if this also added "branch" to val-tags.

That would certainly do the job.

Shane

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