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Re: How can I tell if a tag has been pushed, or not?

From
AEAndreas Ericsson <exon@op5.com>
Date
Jul 11, 2009, 13:44 UTC
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<4A589755.2020600@op5.com>
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layer wrote:
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> Here's the problem:
> 
> I expect that users, in their own private repos, will from time to
> time create tags that should not be pushed.  Sometimes, tags that
> should be pushed will be created.
> 
> I could require that the "public" tags follow a specific convention
> (start with "release", or something).  Then, the scripts all my
> developers use could use that and push only certain tags.  However,
> over time there could be a large number of them.  It seems undesirable
> to push each tag each time a push is done.  So, how can I tell if a
> tag has already been pushed?  Is there a way?
> 

At $dayjob we only allow annotated tags to be pushed. The default update hook works like a charm for that. All private tags are kept un-annotated and can therefore never be pushed by accident.

/Andreas
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  1. layerJul 10, 2009
  2. Alex RiesenJul 10, 2009
  3. layerJul 10, 2009
  4. Andreas EricssonJul 11, 2009

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