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Re: CVS export
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Lee Sau Dan |
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Re: CVS export |
Date: |
22 Oct 2001 09:12:27 +0200 |
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>>>>> "Greg" == Greg A Woods <address@hidden> writes:
>> easily. And this is virtually free. Tags also makes fills the
>> output of "cvs log -h" with rubbish.
Greg> Something like that is only rubbish if it doesn't mean
Greg> anything to you.
Greg> To me those dates you would use are just rubbish since I
Greg> can't know for sure that they represent a well known
Greg> boundary or milestone in development.
I also use tags for marking milestones.
However, I was previously talking about tags that are automatically
generated at *regular* time intervals (e.g. at 04:00 of every working
day). I once tried that practice, but eventually found that not
useful, as I would run out of good and meaningful tag names unless I
use systematic ones such as May18, May19, May20. But then, why not
check out by date&time?
For milestones, it's not that difficult to make a good and
self-describing tag name. Moreover, milestones are usually erect at
irregular and often unpredictable times. This is where "co -D"
doesn't fit, and tags are appropriate. I think tags are invented for
this, rather than "periodically making a snapshot". The latter can be
done with "co -D", without the hassles of inventing and managing tag
names.
Greg> To me the tags I would use represent very well known points
Greg> in the temporal state of the repository -- points that don't
Greg> rely on having to remember (or write down in some other
Greg> place) a timestamp.
Yes, this is what tags are for.
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- Re: CVS export, (continued)
- Re: CVS export, John Minnihan, 2001/10/18
- Re: CVS export, Greg A. Woods, 2001/10/19
- Re: CVS export, Stewart Brodie, 2001/10/19
- Re: CVS export, John Minnihan, 2001/10/19
- Re: CVS export, Stewart Brodie, 2001/10/19
- Message not available
- Re: CVS export, Jesus Manuel NAVARRO LOPEZ, 2001/10/19
Re: CVS export, Lee Sau Dan, 2001/10/18
Message not available
Re: CVS export, Greg A. Woods, 2001/10/18
RE: CVS export, Thornley, David, 2001/10/18