Re: Mnemomic names for revisions

David Weintraub wrote:
> Okay, let's sum up here:
>
(very good sumary, skiped)

>
> However, tags are extremely close to what the pro-label people are
> clamoring for, and to create and fully implement another full object
> type in Subversion just to go the last few yards will be using
> development resources that could better be used in other areas.
>
> Maybe what is needed is a way to specify that a particular directory
> is the "tag" directory for that Subversion archive (and the default
> could even be "<URL>/tags").
>
...

> 2). Anytime you use a non-integer as a revision number in a
> Subversion command, it will be assumes you are referring to a "tag"
> located in this directory.
>

>
> Sounds good?

Sounds good.
Sort of a "auto tag alias feature"! Is this possible? Can this work?

What should this "tag alias" stand for?
- a url in a "tags directory"?
- a revision number?
- a pair (tag-url, revNr)?

At what places should this "tag alias" be accepted?

svn up -r TAG
svn log TAG
svn co TAG
svn merge TAG1 TAG2 path

...others ?

further problems to solve:
- several tag directories?
- name clashes in larger repos
- limit a Tag only to one project (part of the tree)?
- implement the "tag alias" as a property of the labeled node, i.e
   * this labeling creates another revision
   * it is versioned and can be undone
   * commiting this labeling-property declares this subtree as "tag"

Please get me right. I just want to consider this and to see what would
be the consequences. My own opinion with respect to tags is:

- tag dirs are fine. I use them very much
- tag dirs do /almost/ all we need
- revnumbers with more then 4 digits are cumbersome and easy to confuse.
- tag dir urls are cumbersome and dificult to type.
- Shell variables are a hack, no solution; they are not integrated in
   the whole system.

-- 
Hermann Vosseler
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