Question

I’m somewhat new to using tags in subversion but I think I got the hang out of. When I’m ready to release a new build, I tag it with the build number. So on the server, I checkout that tag and it downloads all the files. Well then the next week, I release a new build but I can’t checkout to the new tag since it’s already checked out to the other tag. So my question is, do I just have to wipe out everything and then check it out with the new tag? Or is there someway to get it to do some sort of update to the new tag?

Answer 1

What you should do is:

1. Tag the new build with a new build number
2. In the server, checkout from that tag

Think of a tag as a snapshot of your source code at a particular time rather than a thing that changes (updates) as you develop (though you can commit to a tag and treat it like a branch, but I digress).