From: Carlos Santana Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:22:40 GMT Subject: Re: immutable tags? Message-ID: <92c9564e0912281422h1a69b5b7u15090f91327c237e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <87d41yvlpm.fsf@krank.kagedal.org> Got it now. Thank you all for explanation... - CS. On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 3:21 PM, David Kågedal wrote: > The following message is a courtesy copy of an article > that has been posted to gmane.comp.version-control.git as well. > > Carlos Santana writes: > >> I would like to know if there is any difference between branches and >> tags. Is it only conceptual - convention to be followed by a developer >> or some technical difference?  e.g. : Is it possible to create >> immutable tags so that nothing can be checked in to that 'tagged >> directory'? > > You are always in full control of your own repository, and have no > control over what other people do with their's. So you can't prevent > other people from changing the tags in their private repos, but you can > prevent them from propagating these changes back to you, or to a central > repository you control. > > But perhaps there is nothing to worry about. I think the git commands > won't modify a tag unless you force it. > > Also, if you use signed tags, you can be sure that they are not silently > replaced while still claiming to be tagged by you. > > -- > David Kågedal >