Re: [boost] A proposal for superproject structure and testing

Subject: Re: [boost] A proposal for superproject structure and testing
From: Bjørn Roald (bjorn_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-12-09 15:42:48

On 12/09/2013 09:36 PM, Andrey Semashev wrote:
> On Monday 09 December 2013 19:11:44 Peter Dimov wrote:
>> Andrey Semashev wrote:
>>> With the branch approach, the branch can be deleted, and if I'm not
>>> mistaken, the release tag would then reference a non-existent commit of
>>> the branch.
>>
>> What happens with the commit if the branch is deleted but the superproject
>> still references it is an interesting git question. :-)
>>
>> Ideally, the feature will be fixed for the next release in a normal manner,
>> so the question will be moot in addition to interesting, but in practice, it
>> would probably still hold some relevance. :-)
>>
>> Either way, forking seems a but heavy-handed.
>
> Do tags warrant the tagged commit from deletion?

Yes any ref will, both branches and tags are refs.

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Bjørn