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Re: Bug fixing and CVS tagging


From: Todd Denniston
Subject: Re: Bug fixing and CVS tagging
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 08:58:17 -0500

"Mateusz [PEYN] Adamus" wrote:
> 
> Hi.
<SNIP>
> Thanks
> to it later on I will be able to retrieve what exactly have been changed
> to fix what bug.
> 
> OK. Thats great. But what files should I tag? Only those that I will
> change during fixing a tag or maybe a hole project? What is a good
> practice in this scenario? And why?
> 
Tag them all (whole project).
Why: 
1) you almost never know when you start fixing a problem ALL the files that
will be affected.
2) when you do a checkout against a normal tag, you only get those files
that have been tagged with the named tag.
3) it is easier, you don't have to figure out what to tag, you just DO
IT(tm) :).

side note:
If your repository contains files that are not used in specific
circumstances, you can use why #2 to have a baseline tag that only gets the
files needed for the circumstance. I have used this to my advantage on a
couple of projects.
-- 
Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) 
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter




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