Re: should we branch or tag every time we add a file?

[Eric Siegerman]

On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 11:58:09PM -0400, Larry Jones wrote:
 If you want to get a previous release, you either need to have a tag or
 you need to get it by date.  In either case, CVS won't include files
 from the future.

But if you want to change that previous release (to create a
patch release due to an urgent bug fix, for example), and commit
your changes, you need a branch.

(If you *don't* want to create patch releases, the branch won't
be used; but having it doesn't do any real harm; but it does
clutter up the repo with empty branches that you have to keep
track of, or at least remember to ignore in the cvs log
output.)

Thus, depending on your needs in the future, you might need
either a tag, or a branch, or both.

If you have a tag, though, it's easy to create a branch based on
that tag, but it's difficult to go the other way.

A good approach can be to create only a tag, for now.  If you
later need to patch the release, you can create a branch at that
time to hold your changes.  In the meantime, you've avoided
cluttering up your repo with unnecessary branches.

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Re: should we branch or tag every time we add a file?

[Larry Jones]

Pedro Salazar writes:
 
 On specific time in my main branch, I decided to add a new file. Before
 I add the new file to the main branch, should I tag with a symbolic name
 or should I create a new branch where should exist the file?

That's entirely up to you.

 For instance, if I don't add a new branch, I'll have to tag my module to
 a reference without that file. Suppose if I want to get a previous
 release where the new file has not been added I must have a tag or a
 branch to avoid get all the files if some are from future revisions...

If you want to get a previous release, you either need to have a tag or
you need to get it by date.  In either case, CVS won't include files
from the future.

-Larry Jones

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