On Friday, February 18, 2000 3:53 PM, |}avid (opeland
[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> The difference I have is subtle.
>
> Most everyone on the list defines tagging a file as indicating which
files you
> want to group into a release.
>
> I define tagging a file as indicating which revisions of files you want
to
> group into a release. By tagging a dead revision, I am saying "Include
the
> removal of this file into the next release". Since my files are HTML
pages and
> images, this makes sense. For source code, it doesn't so much, and I
think
> that is everyone's problem with it.
I think everyone is in violent agreement with you, except that a removed
file is no longer in the revision.
If you check out a tag, you get only the tagged files. If you remove a
file there is no 'revision of files you want to group into a release'. You
removed it. Therefore you don't want to group it into a release.
I see that you are trying to automate the update of a set of html pages and
your automated script says to check out the 'live' tag. Your problem is
that moving the 'live' tag doesn't move the tag on the dead files.
Is this a bug? A tag -F will move an existing tag, maybe it should check
in the Attic and remove the tag from any files which contain the tag?
With this functionality, I believe your problem would be solved. I may
look at this next week, if I have time!
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