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Under what circumstances would this or would this not be safe? I have a branch that has a four changes (no file add or deletes). Would this be safe to delete?
Edit: The reason for wanting to delete it is that it was misnamed and is going to lead to confusion.
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Deleting or moving a branch is done with the -d or -F command options to cvs tag and cvs rtag , in the same way you delete or move any other tag. CVS also requires the -B option in the command as a way of indicating that you know the tag denotes a branch and you really mean to move or delete it.
Making a Branch You can make a branch with the -b option to the cvs tag or cvs rtag commands. This option can be combined with any of the other tag-creation options of those commands. You can use a date, existing tag, or revision number to specify the revision to be branched from.
To do this, select the project and choose Team > Replace With > Another Branch or Version from the context menu. Then select the branch to replace with. From this point, choose Team > Merge and then select the branch you want to merge into HEAD.
Moving a tag To move a tag from one revision to another revision in the same file or set of files, use the -F option to cvs tag and cvs rtag . Use -r to designate the revision to move the tag to and -F to designate the tag to move.
People landing here looking for the answer to "How to delete a branch in cvs"
cvs tag -dB branchname
The -d will delete, the -B will override and let it know to delete the branch (not a tag)
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I believe that CVS won't actually delete the branch, it will just remove the tag from the branch -- so the branch is still present in each ",v" file that is affected, it just won't be trivially accessible any more. The result is weird, but probably not dangerous.
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