How do you rename a branch in CVS?

Question

If you\'ve named a branch in CVS incorrectly, or the name originally chosen becomes inappropriate, how do you change it to something else?

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Answer 1

If you made a mistake "a few branches ago", admin -N option won't be helpful due to the branch position change.

This solution will work only with full access to repository of Your project.

1. Go to CVSROOT/Project
2. Create a backup copy
3. grep "old-branch-name" * -rl | xargs sed -i 's/old-branch-name/new-branch-name/g'

Worked like a charm for me.

Sorry for necro, but I think that my solution will help anyone with situation similiar to mine.