RE: Re: updating to the specified tag?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Peacock [mailto:john.peacock@havurah-software.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 7:17 AM
> To: Sylvain Viart
> Cc: users@subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: Re: updating to the specified tag?
>
> Sylvain Viart wrote:
> > It's for deployment purpose.
> >
> > I've a dedicated trunk wc for deployment, and for now it's
> more that
> > often in mixed version states.
>
> You are really making this much more difficult than it needs
> to be. A tag is merely a copy that represents a collection
> of files at specific revisions; there is *no* requirement
> that all files must be as of the same revision. For that
> matter, you can make a tag based on an existing
> mixed-revision working copy ala
>
> svn cp . http://url/path
>

I agree with John. Also, I do not understand why you (Sylvain) want to
pick files from different revisions of the project. I've never heard of
this practice and don't understand the benefit you gain. To me, any
particular revision should represent exactly what you need to build for
a successful deployment. When I need to make changes specific for a
particular deployment scenario, I create a branch, make those changes,
and deploy from there. More than likely, this is a QA or release branch
anyway, so it needs to be maintained in isolation for at least a while,
then retired.

--
David
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