Why is deleting a branch in CVS not recommended?

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Ed Thomas picture Ed Thomas · Sep 26, 2008 · Viewed 24.7k times · Source

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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Shaun F picture Shaun F · Sep 1, 2011

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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