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Revisions
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   For many uses of CVS, one doesn't need to worry too much about
revision numbers; CVS assigns numbers such as `1.1', `1.2', and so on,
and that is all one needs to know.  However, some people prefer to have
more knowledge and control concerning how CVS assigns revision numbers.

   If one wants to keep track of a set of revisions involving more than
one file, such as which revisions went into a particular release, one
uses a "tag", which is a symbolic revision which can be assigned to a
numeric revision in each file.

Revision numbers

The meaning of a revision number

Versions revisions releases

Terminology used in this manual

Assigning revisions

Assigning revisions

Tags

Tags--Symbolic revisions

Tagging the working directory

The cvs tag command

Tagging by date/tag

The cvs rtag command

Modifying tags

Adding, renaming, and deleting tags

Tagging add/remove

Tags with adding and removing files

Sticky tags

Certain tags are persistent