Bug 83945

Summary:	[Tags Operations] Moving an existing tag on a local project ignored deleted files
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Olivier Thomann <Olivier_Thomann>
Component:	CVS	Assignee:	platform-cvs-inbox <platform-cvs-inbox>
Status:	ASSIGNED ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P5	CC:	airvine, as_kumlali, mauromol
Version:	3.1	Keywords:	helpwanted
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Whiteboard:

Description Olivier Thomann

2005-01-28 11:38:16 EST

When tagging with existing a project, the files that have been deleted should be
"untagged". Otherwise people that check out using that tag might end up getting
files that should not be there and that can be completely out of date with the
other files.
Using the rtag -a command should do it.
A simple check box for the existing "Tag with existing" functionnality would be
good enough.

Comment 1 Michael Valenta

2005-01-31 13:16:21 EST

Unfortunately, in some situations, it is more complicated than that. It is 
possible to configure local projects such that there directory structure does 
not mirror that of the server. So, although it would be possible to add 
another checkbox to the Tag>As Versions dialog that indicates that rtag should 
be used, it would need to be made clear to the user what the risks were. The 
work around is to perform a Tag with Existing in the repo view which does do 
an rtag with the proper parameters.

Given that there is a workaround, there is no plan to address this in 3.1.

Comment 2 Michael Valenta

2005-03-22 08:34:02 EST

*** Bug 88723 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Eclipse Webmaster

2019-09-06 15:31:42 EDT

This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

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