Unix in a Nutshell, 4th Edition

Name

tag

Synopsis

cvs [cvs-options] tag [options] tagname[files ...]

Mark a revision of a single file with a meaningful name or mark a set of revisions of multiple files so that they can all be retrieved easily as a group. Tagnames must begin with a letter and may contain only alphanumeric characters, underscores (_), and hyphens (-). There are two tags reserved for CVS: the BASE and HEAD tags. See also rtag.

The tag and rtag commands are also used to create branches.

If no revision number or date is given to the tag command, this command tags based on the most recent revision in the repository that was synchronized with the current sandbox directory (i.e., the most recently updated, checked-out, or committed revision). This revision can be seen as the working revision in the cvs status command.

Synonyms: ta, freeze.

Standard subcommand options: -D, -f, -l, -r, -R.

Options

-b

Create a branch off the specified revision, using the specified tagname as the branch name.

-c

Check whether the sandbox copies of the specified files have been modified since they were last synchronized with the repository. If they have been modified, do not tag them and display an error. If they are unmodified, tag them with the specified tagname. This option is useful when tagging the current sandbox revisions.

-d

Delete the specified tagname from a file.

-F

Move the tagname from the revision it currently refers to, to the revision specified in the tag command.

Example

    $ cvs tag alpha_1-5 cvs server: Tagging . T ...