Re: CVS 'tag' command does not write 'T' record to history

[Yair Lenga]

Greetings again,

Many thanks for the people who took the time to responded to my previous email, 
regarding
the logging of 'tag', and 'rtag'. I did some follow-up research into the 
documentation. The
documentation for 'history' directive in the 'config' file indicates if you use
        'LogHistory=TMAR'

all command that modify the ',v' file will be logged. This implies that both 
'rtag' and 'tag'
should write record to the history file.

The documentation for the 'history' file provide detail about the 'rtag' 
entries, and is
silent as to the 'tag' command.

Why do we need this logging for 'tag'.
Our group is using tags to indicate the communicate release status of the 
checked-in version. Our
developers are placing a 'submit' tag, whenever they feel that a checked-in 
version is ready for
release. The integration person is placing a 'release' tag when a code is 
accepted into the released
version. It is important to us to track in the history: when (and by whom) 
files are being submitted
or released.

In my opinion, having per file history records, that will capture the tagging 
process (what
file, version, when and by who) add a lot of accountability to the process of 
source code
management. This level of logging is consistent with information that is 
provided by other
logging options (checkout, ...).

I will appreciate any feedback.

Yair Lenga