42962 – copy of folder includes branch tag

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Bug 42962 - copy of folder includes branch tag

Summary: copy of folder includes branch tag

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 7

Alias:	None

Product:	Platform
Classification:	Eclipse Project
Component:	Team (show other bugs)
Version:	2.1.1
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Platform-VCM-Inbox
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Reported:	2003-09-11 12:20 EDT by Sven Köhler
Modified:	2003-09-12 07:40 EDT (History)
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Description Sven Köhler

2003-09-11 12:20:47 EDT

Hi,

I checked out 2 projects from the same repository. One projects is connected to
the HEAD branch, and the other to a different branch.
I copied a folder from the one project to the another one. What i didn't expect
is, that the branch-tag is copied (the hidden CVS folder must have been copied i
think) and that resulted in a "mixed" project.

I believe that this behaviour is not intentional. So i reported this as a bug.

Comment 1 Sven Köhler

2003-09-12 00:27:38 EDT

what does VCM stand for? (just asking so that next time i'll select the right
Component for the Bug)

Comment 2 Michael Valenta

2003-09-12 07:40:17 EDT

VCM = Version Configuration Management

As for the reported problem, unfortunately, there is not much we can do unless 
we can differentiate a copy from other operations for which the change in tag 
was intended. We do, however, have an operation that you can use that will 
work. Perform a Compare with Branch or Version and choose Copy from Right to 
Left on the folder you want to copy. 

I'm marking this as a duplicate of bug 7 since it is a request for 
preservation of copy semantics which would allow us to differentiate a copy 
from other operations.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 7 ***