Remove CVS tag that was created earlier

Question

Please let me know how to remove a CVS tag that has already been created from eclipse.

If the tag is deleted, can I create a new tag with the same name?

Answer 1

I don’t think there is a path from Eclipse ... you will need to go to the command line and run:

cvs tag -d <tag> <file/directory> 

or if the marked files are no longer on your system:

 cvs rtag -d <tag> <location_in_repository> 

Answer 2

If your goal is to replace the tagged code with a new one, you can simply mark the current code with the same tag name of the existing tag, but be sure to check the "move tag if it already exists" parameter.

Answer 3

So you can really do this from Eclipse. You can hit it in several ways, 2 places that I saw:

• Configure branches and versions, if you right-click on a branch or version in the CVS Exploring repository view, you will see this option
• Customize tags, if you do a project or file comparison in your Java view, you will see this option.

From there, the section in the middle is called remembered tags for these projects, and next to it is the “Delete” button, which can be clicked after selecting the tag in question.

Answer 4

You can remove your tag and create a new one with the same name.

You can even commit your tag (you shouldn't do this).

I do not know how to do this with eclipse, I always used the Tortoise client.