Re: Tag locking change

[Paul Sander]

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>[ On Monday, October 7, 2002 at 12:39:29 (-0400), Larry Jones wrote: ]
>> Subject: Re: Tag locking change
>>
>> Paul Sander writes:
>> > 
>> > Another serious issue is when someone commits while an rtag is in
>> > progress, and the new data are erroneously tagged.
>> 
>> Anyone who does an rtag without specifying an explicit revision to tag
>> gets exactly what they deserve.

>This part I sort of agree with, though strictly to say such a thing
>you'd have to force them to never tag against the head of a branch with
>rtag.

In any case, branch/timestamp pairs correctly identify the versions to be
tagged.  If the user specifies no branch, assume the trunk.  If the user
specifies no timestamp, assume the moment the command was invoked.

But I can understand Larry's reluctance to implement this because RCS
provides no equivalent capability.  (RCS can apply a tag to a version
identified explicitly or by label, or to the top of a branch, but not
to a version on a branch given a timestamp.)

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