[darcs-users] tag and release

[Eric S. Johansson]

from the best practices page:

How should you handle version numbering and releasing?

Tag your repository with the version number of your release. Run "darcs 
dist" to create a source tarball.

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as I think more about this process, I realize one possible source of 
disconnect between my mental processes and the way folks have been 
treating tags.

Historically, tags seem to be used as a way of marking the current 
"state" of a repository.  They are used by developers as a way of 
remembering the state.  In contrast, once I have released a package 
(i.e. 1.2.3) in my mind, I am working on 1.2.4 and that the current code 
base is slowly taking shape until it is ready for release.

So, if I had my druthers, I would like an incrementing tag on my 
repository head and the ability to trigger an increment with an with 
option on the dist command.

  darcs dist -d raging_dormouse-%tag --final

oh yes, a little string substitution for the tag would be useful as well.

it's no big deal with my ideas aren't found useful, I don't use tags in 
any revision control system because I inevitably screw them up and have 
learned to live without them.

---eric