On Feb 16, 2008, at 18:41, Blair Zajac wrote:
> Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote:
>>
>
>> I'm just about to create a tag of the first release of my
>> application. However, it uses several external packages that I
>> also commit regularly from within the app repository itself (it is
>> more practical).
>> Will the copy command also copy a snapshot of the svn:externals
>> package? (I guess not) - so, is it better to copy the working copy
>> directory snapshot to the tag?
>> Any suggestions?
>> Thanks,
>> Marcelo.
>
> The copy will copy the exact svn:externals property so a checkout
> from the tag will do a checkout of the external.
>
> So if you don't have a -r N in the external, then the tag will
> continue to pick up HEAD of the external. So people normally put
> in an explicit revision in the external when they tag it so that
> the tag doesn't pick up newer commits.
Or you can use the svncopy.pl script to create the tag, which will
add the -r argument to the external definition when it makes the tag.
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