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Tag a Release
What does it mean to tag a release? Why is it important to do this before testing?
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kurtz182- Member Since Nov-2009 | Dec 15th, 2009
One feature common to all version control systems is the ability to label or tag a release. Effectively, this provides a virtual “snapshot” of the state of all files at the time a release is built. In some systems like Clearcase, a label is attached to files, while in others, like Subversion, a label (or tag) is presented as a separate ‘directory’ in the repository. In either case, both allow you to turn the clock back to the moment of a release and rebuild things as they were at that time.
kurtz182
- Dec 15th, 2009
One feature common to all version control systems is the ability to label or tag a release. Effectively, this provides a virtual “snapshot” of the state of all files at the time a release ...
leo4rakesh
- Apr 15th, 2009
As far as I know, this means that a minor release must assure full compatibility with previous minor releases and you can guess why it is important by seeing the answer. As before any minor release it...
