tag options

These standard options are supported by tag (see section Common command options, for a complete description of them):

-F

Overwrite an existing tag of the same name on a different revision. This option is new in CVS 1.4. The old behavior is matched by `cvs tag -F'.

-l

Local; run only in current working directory.

-R

Commit directories recursively. This is on by default.

Two special options are available:

-b

The -b option makes the tag a branch tag (see section Branches), allowing concurrent, isolated development. This is most useful for creating a patch to a previously released software distribution.

-c

The -c option checks that all files which are to be tagged are unmodified. This can be used to make sure that you can reconstruct the current file contents.

-d

Delete a tag. If you use `cvs tag -d symbolic_tag', the symbolic tag you specify is deleted instead of being added. Warning: Be very certain of your ground before you delete a tag; doing this permanently discards some historical information, which may later turn out to be valuable.

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