Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Best practice using monotone

[Daniel Carosone]

On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 12:30:06PM -0500, Chad Walstrom wrote:
> "Andy Jones" <address@hidden>  wrote:
> > Alternatively I could just write a script that did 'mtn update -r t:test' !
> > 
> > (Um, that +would+ get the +latest+ revision with that tag, right?)
> 
> No.  Tags are a different beast in Monotone.  They are not mobile, for
> example.  CVS's tag system was more like a mobile bookmark than
> anything.  monotone tags are permanent in the sense that they're
> certificates to revisions.  Once the cert has been replicated to other
> databases, you cannot get rid of it without a concerted and organized
> effort with the other developers/database holders.

Heh, and another still-mostly-unlinked page, UsingCerts, covers this.

I think I'll spend some time on getting these better integrated soon.
Feel free to help :)

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Dan.

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