It's (a) -- "a way to alias a REV number".
As I said, call it revision aliasing or revision naming.
svn alias/revalias/revname <rev> <name>
(or svn alias/revalias/revname -r <rev> <name>, whatever is more consistent)
The effect would be that wherever I'm able to use a revision number today
I would be able to use a revision name/alias.
Reedick, Andrew wrote:
>>From: OS [mailto:os_at_portfoolio.com]
>>Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 2:11 PM
>>To: Paul Koning
>>Cc: users_at_subversion.tigris.org
>>Subject: Re: feature request: svn revision alias
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>>Yes:
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>>Look, svn-people, all I was suggesting was a practical, simple (I
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>>common, simple problem. It's something that all other SCMs offer and
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>it would appease
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>>many people used to that type of procedure (I think).
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>>As far I can see, all the machinery is already there. The only thing
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>>Don't even call it tagging. svn promotes tag-via-copy, fine. Call it
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>revision naming or aliasing,
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>>whatever. And let the users use it as they see fit. Or not. It would
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>*Grrrrrr* You haven't sufficiently defined what you're asking for. Is
>it:
> a) a way to alias a REV number in the same manner as HEAD, PREV,
>etc., or
> b) to implement a more traditional style of tagging/labeling
>instead of using 'svn copy', or
> c) a way to 'tag' single files (or revisions) in order to see
>what tag directories the version/revision is in, or
> d) something else?
> e) an easier way to query/search on revision properties
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>If it's 'a', then I ask what's the benefit? A revision refers to the
>entire repository, or to the actual file changes made in that single
>revision. A revision/alias simultaneously provides too much and too
>little information to be useful in most cases. A revision alias could
>be useful for marking merge points, or promoted/tested revisions, and
>would probably be less clumsy than using revision properties. Which
>implies that an easier way to query or search on revision properties is
>what you're really after? Ex:
> svn co -r prop:TESTED svn://some/where/foo.java
>Which actually sounds like a really good idea, IMO. Let's call that
>option 'e'.
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