How to remove wrong tag in CVS?

[Michael Schwendt]

On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 01:56:46 +0100, Julian Sikorski wrote:

> 2007/6/15, Marcin Zajączkowski:
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > I tried to update my package and due to old common directory make tagged
> > by devel directory with isomaster-1_0-1_fc7. Later I updated it and the
> > right tag was made, but I have obvious problem with F-7 branch.
> > I tried to remove wrong tag, but without success:
> >
> > [szpak at szpak devel]$ cvs tag -d isomaster-1_0-1_fc7
> > ERROR: Tag removal not allowed for tag isomaster-1_0-1_fc7
> > cvs tag: Pre-tag check failed
> > cvs [tag aborted]: correct the above errors first!
> >
> >
> > Is it possible to remove that tag?
> > Or I have to bump release number to be able to make F-7 tag?

> IIRC it was possible with TAG_OPTS= -R or sth like that. Take a look
> at cvsadminprocedure wiki page.

cvs tag --help

For the ordinary case of moving a tag on an incomplete set of files,
it is TAG_OPTS=-F, but you cannot move tags between branches anyway,
so better bump release and don't worry anymore. This is "devel".