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Re: Wins1.2 tag problems - Why not allow period?
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Derek R. Price |
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Re: Wins1.2 tag problems - Why not allow period? |
Date: |
Fri, 10 Aug 2001 14:05:12 -0400 |
Chris Cameron wrote:
> I investigated this same issue a year or two ago. I can't remember all the
> details, but it is to do with the way that tags and revisions are detected.
> The . is a revision separator and there were potential "gotcha's" with using
> a . in a tag as well. It took me a while to get straight in my head why
> this was a BAD IDEA, but eventually came to the conclusion that it was.
> There may well have been a discussion here about this issue if you search
> the archives.
Besides which, there's a neat patch from Stephen Cameron which hasn't been
adopted yet for lack of testing and discussion, but it uses `.' to add
modifiers to tags. tag.origin, .trunk, etc.
http://www.geocities.com/dotslashstar/branch_patch.html
Derek
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