Martin,
Tagging is needed in case you do something that affects the revision
numbers of your repository (such as a dump, filter, and reload to spin
off a subtree to its own repository). The tag provides a name that
doesn't change even if you the revision numbers change.
Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: Martin J. Stumpf [mailto:mjs@jhu.edu]
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 8:56 AM
To: users@subversion.tigris.org
Subject: trunk, release branches, and tags?
Hello all,
Given that subversion uses repository global revision numbers and the
fact that only unversioned revision properties are modifiable on
previous revisions, why is the setup of trunk, branches, tags really
necessary?
I have been using a release branch and then tagging for releases. I
merge the current trunk into the release branch , update the package
version number, and then create a tag. I treat the tag as "read only"
(no check-ins). It seems like an unnecessary step given the above. I
have just added a version data structure to each of our libraries and
applications can now simply retrieve the revision number that was put
into the library at build time. (I use svnversion to get that and create
a uniquely named global version data structure for each library).
If I am thinking about this correctly, then if a problem is discovered
at runtime on our applications, and I know which subversion revision a
library was built from, then all I have to do is check out that revision
to look for the problem.
Am I missing something here? Are release branches and tags really
necessary? I do use feature branches of course and realize their value.
It is just the tagging that seems unnecessary.
Thanks for your comments,
-Martin
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