Diff for "Tag" - Mercurial

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Tags in Mercurial

Note: If you are migrating from ["CVS"], please [:CvsConcepts#tag:read this discussion of CVS tags] before you continue.

A tag is a symbolic identifier for a ["ChangeSet"]. It can contain any characters except ":" (colon), "\r" (Carriage Return) or "\n" (Line Feed).

["Mercurial"] has two kinds of tag.

A local tag is a convenience identifier that is not revision controlled, does not propagate with other changes, and lives in the .hg/localtags file in a repository.
A "regular" tag (with no special specifier) is revision controlled, does propagate with other changes, and lives in the .hgtags file in a repository. (It is therefore possible to remove tags by editing .hgtags and committing the change - this being the nearest equivalent to cvs tag -d).

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  Comment: Hopefully correct observation about deleting tags.
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-'''Note''': If you are migrating from ["CVS"], please {anchorlink: CvsConcepts#tags read this discussion of CVS tags} before you continue.
+'''Note''': If you are migrating from ["CVS"], please [:CvsConcepts#tag:read this discussion of CVS tags] before you continue.
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-A tag is a symbolic identifier for a ["ChangeSet"].
+A tag is a symbolic identifier for a ["ChangeSet"]. It can contain any characters except ":" (colon), "\r" (Carriage Return) or "\n" (Line Feed).
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- * A ''local'' tag is a convenience identifier that is not revision controlled, does not propagate with other changes, and lives in the ''.hg/hgrc'' file in a repository.
 * A "regular" tag (with no special specifier) ''is'' revision controlled, ''does'' propagate with other changes, and lives in the ''.hgtags'' file in a repository.
+ * A ''local'' tag is a convenience identifier that is not revision controlled, does not propagate with other changes, and lives in the {{{.hg/localtags}}} file in a repository.
 * A "regular" tag (with no special specifier) ''is'' revision controlled, ''does'' propagate with other changes, and lives in the {{{.hgtags}}} file in a repository. (It is therefore possible to remove tags by editing {{{.hgtags}}} and committing the change - this being the nearest equivalent to {{{cvs tag -d}}}).