Re: Opinions about my proposed tagging conventions?

[Marius Vollmer]

Rob Browning <address@hidden> writes:

>   Branch root tags:
>   -----------------
>   anytime just before you create a branch it's a good
>   idea to create a normal tag so that you can refer to the branch point
>   on the main trunk as well as on the branch.  So for that I propose
>   (and have used) a tag of the form
> 
>     branch_root-release-1-X

Shouldn't this be "branch-root_release-1-6"?
     
>   or more generally, for other non-release branches:
> 
>     branch_FOO

And this "branch-root_FOO"?

>   Merge tags:
>   -----------
>   Whenever you're merging a branch back into the trunk (or into another
>   branch repeatedly) you need to tag the branch each time you merge.  If
>   you don't do that, you won't be able to merge repeatedly without
>   possibly tedious conflicts.  For those tags I propose:
> 
>     branch_merge_SOME-FOO_to_SOME-BAR_1
>     branch_merge_SOME-FOO_to_SOME-BAR_2
>     ...

"branch-merge_SOME-FOO_to_SOME-BAR_1"?