Re: hitory of the tags

[Alex Melnick]

Jorge Godoy wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, address@hidden wrote:
> > CVS doesn't directly track the date that a tag is applied to a file
> > (and note that the dates in separate files might be quite
> > different).  CVS does record rtag operations in the history file,
> > but not tag.
> 
> Do you think it's worth implementing that in some command for future
> versions? I see that as a valuable help for 'frontend' systems, as
> they don't need to keep their own information base on tags.

I think this is one of CVS's biggest "holes".  Having some sort of tag info
database, where you can capture the name of the user who applied the tag, the
date it was applied, and some sort of user comment, would go a long way toward
quieting some of the anti-CVS sentiment I have to deal with.

For my immediate use, I'm going to try putting something together with taginfo,
but I'd really like to see some thought put into making this a "real" feature.

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