missing 1.6.3 version tag in GitHub

Question

missing 1.6.3 version tag in GitHub

ktdreyer opened this issue 8 years ago · 4 comments

ktdreyer commented 8 years ago

Mind pushing the v1.6.3 Git tag to GitHub?

cjheath commented 8 years ago

Done

Answer 1 · 2017-01-09T20:27:00.000Z

I've never actually used a git tag, so I'm curious what you use them for?

Answer 2 · 2017-01-09T22:36:12.000Z

Sure, I rely on the Git tags when I maintain the Fedora rubygem-geoip package. There are tools that let me update the packaging quickly (rdopkg) and these work with Git tags. It's also useful to use git log <tag1>..<tag2> to look through the change log for regressions. I might develop patches to get geoip to build with the latest Ruby versions, and it's useful to develop those on Git tags to I can test them out prior to pushing PRs for master.

Answer 3 · 2017-01-09T22:40:12.000Z

Good to know, thanks. I don't (any longer) have Rakefile automation for releasing, and this persuades me I should (re-)build it. (geoip is a very old gem!)