Re: any way to apply tag across all branches in repository?

[Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>]

On Tue, 19 May 2009, Chris Friesen wrote:
> 
> The tagging would be done only by the "official" build process (which
> pulls from an "official" repository), not by each designer.  Typically
> the official builds would be done weekly, more frequently if requested.

Well, you can tag when you do that official build. Do you really do 
"official" builds from all branches? That sounds a bit insane.

Remember: you don't have to tag whatever is the "top" - tagging can happen 
later. Tagging at build-time is perfectly fine.

In fact, I'd suggest going even further. Don't tag the source branch when 
you build - tag it after it has passed whatever testing you do (I hope you 
_do_ have some extensive test-suite before release), and as you actually 
make it public (or whatever you do). Only at _that_ point, tag the tree 
with "release-$branch-$date" or something like that.

Remember: you don't have to tag the top-of branch. You can tag any commit, 
after-the-fact. So even if you've done other development since, just make 
sure to tag the commit you actually built and tested.

		Linus