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Re: Updating a Tag

From: Robert Pluim <rpluim_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: 2003-06-21 16:39:27 CEST

Shlomi Fish writes:
>
> Hi!
>
> Let's suppose I tagged my trunk under a certain directory by using svn
> copy URL URL. Now I made some changes to my working copy, and I want to
> tag it again into the same tag. What is the proper way to do it?
>

That sounds like a branch, not a tag.

> If I copy it again, Subversion complains that the path already exists.
> Currently what I do is svn rm the tag dir and "svn copy" it again. Is it
> the right way to do it?

Well, you've just destroyed part of your history. Why not treat the
tag like the branch it is, ie use 'svn switch' to switch your working
copy to the tag, and then commit from there?

Robert

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