Re: Is label support in future release?

On Fri, 2006-11-17 at 13:32 -0800, Tim Hill wrote:

> My point is I *have* to commit the copy and the fix at the same time,
> else how can the tag truly reflect the point in time where the fix
> occurred? If I commit the fix and *then* create the tag I have two
> distinct commits, and there always exists the possibility of another
> commit sneaking in between the first and the second:

I don't get it. Why wouldn't you commit to the trunk (if you even
want the change to appear there), then copy your working copy to
the tag so there is no chance of anything changing that you don't
want in the tag.

> Are you *serious* ??? Have you ever sat down and tried to explain
> tags to these people. It's not terminology, it's a much more complex
> concept. Sorry, they can "get" labels, they don't "get" tags. You can
> _call_ them labels, and they get it then, but once you start
> explaining the *how*, they just glaze over.

Call them snapshots or whatever you want. If they want to preserve
an exact duplicate of their workspace, just:
svn copy -m "my message goes here" . URL:/tags/my_name_for_this

It's not difficult, has no issues with being atomic, and you
get your choice of ever making the changes that appear here
also appear in the trunk or not.

-- 
  Les Mikesell
   lesmikesell@gmail.com
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