Re: Using Eclipse and CVS in "tagged" versions

[James Moody <James_Moody@xxxxxxx>]

Craig Setera wrote:
> We've run into a number of cases where we are unsure of the "right" way to
> use Eclipse and CVS.  Here is what I believe is happening:
> 1) User loads a specific tagged version of a project.
> 2) User proceeds to make changes to that project.
> 3) User attempts to commit changes to CVS and gets a sticky tag error.
>
> What is the correct way to solve this problem?  Replacing with HEAD will
> throw away the user's changes unless they are stored elsewhere.  There must
> be a better way than this?
>
> Any help appreciated... Thanks,
> Craig

Depends where they want to commit the changes... to HEAD or to a branch? 
If to HEAD, then they must first load HEAD, because, as you noted, you 
can't commit to a version. If to a new branch, then they can select the 
project in the workspace and Team->Branch to create a new branch, based 
on that version, into which they can release their changes.

HTH,

james