Dear Andreas, On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Andreas Tille <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Julien, > > > > Just a pragmatic question: If I would like to include these in the 2.2.0 > > version, how can I do that with tags? I mean, we created a dedicated > branch > > for each stable version so that it's easy to include such fixes and not > all > > the further modification that might have happened on the master branch. > > With tags, that would be like inserting a commit back in time, just > before > > the tagged commit... is that possible? (Sorry for my still poor knowledge > > of git, I just know the few commands that I'm using on a daily basis :s) > > I admit I do not work with Github and if there are any specifics. But > tagging something back in time should be no problem at all. As far as > I know the branch also does not matter. You go to the commit that was > released as version 2.2.0 (and reflects the content of the release > tarball) and than you add a tag to this. > [This mail goes in CC to the Debian Med list - others might correct me > if I'm wrong.] > > Tagging back in time is no pb, my question was more to included a commit back in time, so that it is inlcuded in the "tagged" version. I think I cna only do that in git via a new branch... J. > Kind regards > > Andreas. > > -- > http://fam-tille.de > -- Julien Y. Dutheil, Ph-D 0 (+49) 6421 178 986 § Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology Molecular Systems Evolution Department of Evolutionary Genetics Plön -- GERMANY § Institute of Evolutionary Sciences - Montpellier University of Montpellier 2 -- FRANCE
