Re: Tagging in svn?

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, Mark Jaffe wrote:

> I have a question I would like to see resolved here; one of my MAJOR complaints in CVS is the inability to tag based on our internal naming conventions. For example, suppose we have a release we are labeling 10.20.0. In CVS, I am unable to use a "." in the tag, so I am forced to employ an unwieldy 10_20_0 or something similar, then explain to the "suits" why the release number does not match the internal docs.
>
> Will Subversion correct this deficiency?
>

Yes, in Subversion, a tag is just a directory in the repository that you
can call anything you want (as long as it meets normal file system file
name restrictions).

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