Re: Branch tags in taginfo

[Gary]

"Larry Jones" <address@hidden> wrote in message
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> Gary writes:
> >
> > One thing I've noticed which is causing a problem is that there appears
to
> > be a problem with rtag -b commands in that the revision number for the
tag
> > is incorrect, e.g. the branch tag should be revision 2.4.0.2 but comes
out
> > as 2.4.2 with no other indication that it was a branch tag.
>
> 2.4.0.2 is a "magic" branch tag -- the actual branch *is* 2.4.2.  You
> know it's a branch because there's an odd number of components.
>

Sorry, I completley misled you there. I'd be happy if the taginfo hook
received an odd number of components but it doesn't.

If I add a branch tag to revision 2.4.2.2, the information that comes
through from taginfo is simply 2.4.2.2 with no indication that there was a
branch tag, niether the magic revision or the three component version -
either would be good but as far as I can see, you can't tell from the
informaiton provided by taginfo wether the tag operation was a tag or a
branch tag.