Automatic tagging

[Andreas Axelsson]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andreas Axelsson [mailto:andreas.axelsson at gmail.com]
> Sent: den 1 april 2008 18:46
> To: 'Roman Kennke'; 'Mercurial'
> Subject: RE: Automatic tagging
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mercurial-bounces at selenic.com [mailto:mercurial-
> > bounces at selenic.com] On Behalf Of Roman Kennke
> > Sent: den 1 april 2008 15:42
> > To: Mercurial
> > Subject: Automatic tagging
> >
> > Now, with Mercurial there is one problem. How can the autobuilder
> > automatically tag the repository in a reliable way? I mean, it can
> tag
> > its cloned copy. But the tag needs to be pushed to the master
> > repository. However, this will likely abort, and a merge will be
> > needed.
> 
> Would pushing a tag actually require any merging? And if it does,
> wouldn't it be the .hgtags file only anyway? That should be pretty easy
> to auto-merge, or am I missing something. Or do you submit changes from
> the autobuild?
> 

Forget what I said, I tried it and it requires merging. I've not use Hg enough it seems.

/axl