Why are tags in commits

[Kastner Masilko, Friedrich]

> From: Christophe HENRY [mailto:listes at sbgodin.fr]
> 
> > I still don't understand what your point is. Is tagging working for
> > you or not? Did you migrate from another VCS system, so you are used
> > to another form of tagging and just curious about how it was
> > implemented the way it is? Are you interested in the reasoning that
> > lead to the current tag design?
> 
> The tagging is fully working for me. I'm just curious to see what would
> happen when workflows get more complex. I'm also looking at other DVCS
> and the way they work.
> 
> About my idea to keep all tags in a dedicated branch. It would work, I
> think, but would be pointless as people put tags related to their
> branch. I got the point too.
> 
> The situation is now clear for me. Thanks a lot for the explanations.

You're welcome. FYI, there is also a nice summary in the Wiki with many of those thoughts worked out: http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/TagDesign
Sorry for not pointing there earlier, I found it myself just yet.

> From: ezquerra at gmail.com [mailto:ezquerra at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Angel Ezquerra
> 
> Personally when I have tag conflicts (which fortunatelly is a rare
> occurrence) I am never quite certain as of how I should do the merge,
> particularly if there is a deleted tag.
> 
> It would be nice if the tags wiki page explained that and even showed
> an example. The tag wiki currently just says:
> 
> "Note that this multiple-head tag collision resolution algorithm
> depends on the .hgtags-file to be append only and be carefully merged.
> "
> 
> Which is not super-helpful. What does "carefully merged" mean?
> 
> Better yet, it would be really cool if mercurial had a built-in tag
> merge tool or algorithm...

I can wholeheartedly second that. I remember someone posting a draft solution for that before, though.

regards,
Fritz



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