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Re: immutable tags?

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Dec 28, 2009, 20:25 UTC
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On Mon, 28 Dec 2009, Carlos Santana wrote:
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> 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'?
tags are pointers into the tree. tags do not change.

in git directories are not tagged, so I'm not sure what you are working towards here.

David Lang
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