Correct in CVS a tag is a property of a files, so you are in effect
pulling the version of the file with the tag applied to it. I understand
how tags work in subversion, but was trying to find another way to
function with the same basic results.
The team that is doing the development is very much, NOT a development
type organization as such I wanted to stay away from merging as much as
possible, especially since they may encounter merge conflicts.
Additionally, it will be hard for them to track what they have,
effectively, on what branch. I would be much more comfortable with them
moving a floating tag and just grabbing a particular tag with a
post-commit hooks scripts, that fires in each environment.
Casey
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From: Ryan Schmidt [mailto:subversion-2006q2@ryandesign.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 2:58 PM
To: Daniell, Casey B
Cc: Les Mikesell; jason@subversus.org; Rainer Sokoll;
users@subversion.tigris.org
Subject: Re: Updating a live website with a post-commit hook script
On Jun 29, 2006, at 21:39, Daniell, Casey B wrote:
>> Slight variation on the question: how would you make the site stay at
>> a tagged version so untested changes could be committed, then tested
>> and tagged when verified? I used to do this with CVS by rtagging the
>> tested copy to float a known tag to that version, followed by an
>> update to the working version, always using the same tag. That way it
>> didn't matter if additional untested changes had been committed.
>> The script also floated a couple of previous-release tags backwards
>> so you could always back out to earlier versions without having to
>> track any release numbers or tags.
>
> If anyone has suggestions on how to accomplish this I would love to
> hear them as well.
>
> We are currently managing 1000s of websites each with their own
> stylesheets/images ect. Having that team perform merges is not an
> option unless, so the idea of a floating tag similar to CVS, or CC is
> the most appealing. This way the customization guys and set a
> rdy_for_beta or rdy_for_prod type tag on their changes which is
> automatically push at specific times during the day via a svn update.
Tags in Subversion are not like tags in CVS. In CVS, you "apply a tag to
a file." A tag is a property of a file. (Or so I've heard. I never used
CVS.) In Subversion, you copy the trunk (or the branch you're working
on) to a directory called tags. And that's it. Usually you'd give each
tag a new version number or date. But you could certainly have a tag
called "ready for beta" and simply delete it and recreate it when you
want to update it.
Why is merging not an option?
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