[merge] tags in repository

[Jan Hudec]

On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 10:07:27 +1100, Martin Pool wrote:
> On 23 Jan 2007, Jari Aalto <jari.aalto at cante.net> wrote:
> > Gustavo Niemeyer <gustavo at niemeyer.net> writes:
> > >
> > >> > This adds tags stored in the repository, and visible across branches
> > >> > in that repository.  Adding a tag doesn't require a commit.  Tags
> > >> > are 'global' across projects so people should use them appropriately
> > >> > - eg putting the project name at the start of the tag like
> > >> > 'bzr-0.14'.
> > >
> > > That sounds a bit unusual at first glance, but I can see value in
> > > being able to get the same consistent set of tags accross several
> > > branches in the same repository.
> > 
> > I was thinking if it were convenient to set the branch's tag prefix.
> > After that, all the new tags would be subordinate.
> 
> I can see the attraction, but there is some potential confusion from the
> hidden state.  I would think that typing 'foo-' is not too much of a
> burden when adding tags.
> 
> Anyhow let's put it in without this and then if you want you can try it
> out.

Besides branch prefix is not what makes sense. A project prefix does and it's
generally recommended to have one repository per project anyway.

-- 
						 Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb at ucw.cz>
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