Re: tags in subversion

Alejandro Dobniewski <Alejandro.Dobniewski@siemens-itron.com.ar> writes:
> I have some doubts I would like to get some feedback about using tags.
> 1) I understand that in subversion a tag (or branch) is a copy by reference
> of a virtual directory in the repository. Is there a way for a user to know
> from what directory-version a tag/branch/copy was copied?

svn log -v

> 2) CVS does know the difference between a tag or branch. I was thinking in
> using a property to distinguish between a plain directory and a tag/branch
> one. This way a client could recognize automatically which directories are
> tags or branchs and draw them differently. I would like to hear comments on
> this approach.

Sure. You could also base it on the URL (i.e., does the URL have a
path component named "branches" or "tags" in it).

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Received on Tue Mar 18 17:24:07 2003