[SCM-361] make cvs tag -F optional

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.2
• Component/s: maven-scm-provider-cvs
• Flags: Patch
• Assignee: Siveton Vincent
• Reporter: Benoit Decherf
• Created: 12/Dec/07 14:17
• Updated: 05/Apr/15 14:53
• Resolved: 01/Sep/08 10:52

Description

In our cvs server a tag cannot be moved. This is useful to ensure that there is only one version of a component with a same tag. Now, i wan't to integrate all our components to continuum and use it to create releases. The problem is that the scm try to tag the release using "cvs tag -F" and this fails.
I check the code and see that it is hardcoded (in maven-scm-provider-cvs-commons/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/cvslib/command/tag/AbstractCvsTagCommand.java). Is it possible to make it optional ? Or what is the reason to enforce it ?

I make a patch to add the option useForceTag. This works, but in case of a conflict with an existing flag, the cvs tag won't failed. (the tag is not set). Is this acceptable ?
Or maybe I should check for Warning messages in the output and the command should fail if there are any warnings ?