integer as tag name

Matt Mackall mpm at selenic.com
Sat Jul 16 15:08:23 UTC 2005


On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 11:38:22PM -0700, TK Soh wrote:
> I noticed we can use an integer number as tag name, which confused commands
> such as log and export when we try to specified the actual changeset revision
> number used as tag. Obviously we can still specify the hash id's, but this much
> less convenient comparing a straight revision number, particularly on range
> selection.
> 
> Should a change be considered, perhaps forbidding tag names begining with
> [0-9]?

And not [0-9a-fA-f]? No, I think we should do what the user tells us
to do, with as few limitations as possible.

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