Ar Fri, 21 Sep 2001 20:12:29 -0400 (EDT), do scriobh Larry Jones:

>> Why doesn't Case 2 work?

>If the tag doesn't exist at all, CVS assumes that you've made a mistake
>and so doesn't do anything.  After all, if the tag doesn't exist at all,
>why are you specifying it with -f instead of just checking out the head?

So what is the intended function of the -f option?

The manual says:
"-f: If no matching revision is found, retrieve the most recent
revision (instead of ignoring the file)."

Doesn't this imply that the head revision should be checked out if the
specified tag isn't found.

John.
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