Re: Re: Simple Label=RevisionID Discussion

On 12/1/06, Chris.Fouts@qimonda.com <Chris.Fouts@qimonda.com> wrote:
> (snip)
> >
> >Tags in subversion work exactly the same in that respect as in CVS.
> >What specific functionality of tags do you see in CVS but not in SVN?
>
> No they don't! Tell me how you "move" tags in SVN. Sure we delete
> and remake the tags, but that's NOT "exactly the same" is it?

The relevant context you snipped there was:

>> Tags are sort of an end-point in subversion instead of a name for
>> a checkpoint version in your ongoing work.

Since you know how to reuse tags, please describe how the different
implementation in SVN doesn't fit your requirements? For me, the
functionality is the same.

> Also, in CVS, try to merge code against a workspace checked out
> against a tag - can't do it. But there's nothing inherent to
> SVN that stops someone from doing this; pre-commit scripts have
> to handle it, ie, non-inherent.

Correct. And? SVN is more flexible than CVS. If you want to impose
specific rules on it, you are free to do so, and SVN provides good
hooks for such use. Others have even written such scripts.

On the other hand, CVS doesn't inherently stop you from moving tags,
thereby losing history of how they were placed, which SVN doesn't do.

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Received on Fri Dec 1 17:33:56 2006