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==Renaming tags==
==Renaming tags==


With CVS it is fairly simple to rename a tag ''''that is not a branch tag'''''. Assume you have two tags, a <code>bad_tag</code> name you wish to change to a new <code>good_tag</code> name. First, tag all files that have the old tag with the new tag relative to that tag:
With CVS it is fairly simple to rename a tag '''''that is not a branch tag'''''. Assume you have two tags, a <code>bad_tag</code> name you wish to change to a new <code>good_tag</code> name. First, tag all files that have the old tag with the new tag relative to that tag:


  $ cvs tag -r bad_tag good_tag file1.F90 file2.F90 file3.F90
  $ cvs tag -r bad_tag good_tag file1.F90 file2.F90 file3.F90