How do I tag a module in subversion?

[Se...@mapinfo.com]

It is my understanding that subversion externals replace cvs modules, and 
svn copy replaces cvs tag.

In cvs, I have created a module with one application and 3 components the 
application depends on.
In svn, I have duplicated this by referencing the 3 components as 
externals.
In cvs, I could just tag the root of the moudle, and I would get a 
snapshot in time of the application and 3 components.
In svn, the "svn copy" command only gives me a snapshot of the 
application, the 3 components (using externals) still refer to HEAD.

I realize that I could just change each of my externals definitions to 
refer to the current revision every time I want a tag,
but it seems to me that there should be a way to make this as easy to do 
as it is in CVS.

Can anyone tell me what I should be doing here?

The structure I am trying to achieve looks like this:
components
  c1
    trunk
  c2
    trunk
  c3
    trunk
applications
  a1
    trunk
      source
      externals 
        c1 (-rHEAD components/c1/trunk)
        c2 (-rHEAD components/c2/trunk)
        c3 (-rHEAD components/c3/trunk)
    tags
      release-1.0.0
        source
        externals
          c1 (-r20 components/c1/trunk)
          c2 (-r20 components/c1/trunk)
          c3 (-r20 components/c1/trunk)

And here is the command I use:
c:\svn_source\applications\a1>svn copy trunk tags/release-1.0.0

What I want is the copied externals to switch from HEAD to the current 
revision (20 in the example).
What happens is that the externals remain at HEAD.

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Sean Shubin
MapInfo, Predictive Analytics
Newport Beach, CA
(949) 885-4926

Re: How do I tag a module in subversion?

[Ben Collins-Sussman <su...@collab.net>]

On Fri, 2004-02-27 at 15:04, Sean_Shubin@mapinfo.com wrote:

> Can anyone tell me what I should be doing here?

No, unfortunately, you've just perfectly described the one weakness in
svn:externals... it lacks the 'tagging' feature you want.



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Re: How do I tag a module in subversion?

[Daniel Schlyder <da...@bitblaze.com>]

Sean_Shubin@mapinfo.com:
> What I want is the copied externals to switch from HEAD to the current
> revision (20 in the example).
> What happens is that the externals remain at HEAD.

Looks like issue 1258 to me:
http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1258

Kind regards,
Daniel Schlyder


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