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From: "Stephen Webb" <swebb@netlab.uky.edu>
To: "Subversion Users" <users@subversion.tigris.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: I miss tags
>
> I'm actually not sure that I miss tags...
>
> I have been trying to follow this thread, but being new to Subversion, I'm
> pretty sure I have missed some things. I'm not even sure that I
> understand things well enough to ask meaningful questions, but I'm feeling
> brave:
>
> To make a tag, you make a copy of the trunk and put it into the tags
> directory (or wherever you want).
>
> e.g.
>
> calc/trunk/
> src/
> docs/
>
> svn cp calc/trunk calc/tags/my_new_tag -->
> (or whatever)
>
> calk/tags/my_new_tag/
> src/
> docs/
>
> OK. So now another user does an svn update in calc. They automatically
> get a working copy of that "my_new_tag" copied into their local
> filesystem, right?
Doesn't this depend on what they have checked out?
Let's assume they have "trunk" checked out. Then they won't
get my_new_tag. If they have the entire repository checked
out, PARBI [1], they'll get it. Or if they have tags checked out,
I assumed they'd also get it.
Raye.
[1] PARBI - Probably A Really Bad Idea
> Is there a way to prevent this? I'm in the habit of
> going to the root and doing an svn update so I can get all the new
> goodness that is out there -- but I don't really want private copies or
> tags that other people are tweaking on. It isn't really a space or time
> issue at this point, but I imagine it could be. (more of a clutter issue)
>
> (This has probably been suggested many times, but I probably missed it..)
>
> Choosing a different layout:
>
> with the root having
>
> trunk/
> branches/
> tags/
>
> and projects living inside...
>
> trunk/
> calc/
> src/
> docs/
>
> calendar/
> src/
> docs/
>
> project3/
> ...
>
> branches/
> calc/
> my_special_branch/
> src/
> docs/
>
> ...
>
>
> This would allow me to enjoy the "out of sight / out of mind" nature of
> tags (ie when I do a svn update in trunk, I don't get all the
> tags/branches, but it's still an easy way to get all of the recent
> development) -- why not do it this way?
>
> I'm assuming there is some disadvantage (or at least "the book suggests
> doing it the other way")
>
> Or perhaps the "traditional" (?) setup:
>
> calc/
> trunk/
> tags/
> branches/
>
> with an additional "out of sight" top level directory where people can put
> their private branches...
>
> (Which halfway addresses my "problem")
>
> The "problem", BTW is that I want a tag or a branch to be private. I
> don't want other people to be bothered by it when they do an svn
> update. I don't want them confused as to which version they should be
> linking against, etc. (but of course I still want it to be version
> controlled, etc..)
>
>
> Eh?
>
> -Steve
>
>
>
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