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First, I have to admit I screwed up a little with CVS. I had a release tag releaseX , which was done some time back (i.e., not HEAD). Then I decided I need a maintenance branch at that point. Instead of creating a branch tag ( branchX ) in addition to releaseX , I deleted the release tag and created a branch tag (erroneously) named releaseX . I then proceeded to work on that maintenance branch, and created releaseX1 , releaseX2 etc. My problem: when I check out releaseX , I get the branch head , i.e. the latest code from that branch. What I need now is the code at the branch point , i.e. the former releaseX code. Is there any way to do this? Reverting to earlier repository version from backup is not an option. Edit: I know I can work around it by doing a date-based checkout. I would like to know if it's possible to still do a tag-based one. Update (Re @Philip Derbeko): I know that CVS does not correlate between files. But CVS does have the information where the branch occured. In ViewVC, I can even see it: File X - Revision 1.y - Branch: MAIN - Branch point for: releaseX The next file revision is: File X - Revision 1.y.2.1 - Branch: releaseX - CVS Tags: releaseX1 The metadata is apparently there. Hence my question: Is it possible to check out the branch point , not the branch HEAD ?

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