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Branches are expected to change, tags are not. Tags are also mildly harder to change. A tag seems more apt for an archived branch. So I sort of see where OP com
by figmert 10mo ago
Branches are expected to change, tags are not. Tags are also mildly harder to change. A tag seems more apt for an archived branch. So I sort of see where OP comes from.
- Zardoz84 10mo agoYeah. But WHY taging instead of renaming the branch ? I don't say if it is a good or bad idea. But I would like to know why.
- rolandog 10mo agoIf you read the article, it credits a reddit thread as the source of inspiration; the thread ultimately points to a StackOverflow answer [0] which may offer a better argument as to why they liked yo use this pattern. [0]: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1309934 https://stackoverflow.com/a/1309934
- cachvico 10mo agoYou can accidentally push to a branch. You can't accidentally push to a tag.