Re: Symbolic 'references' in Git?

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Chris Patti <cpatti@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

>> git branch -D next-release
>> git branch next-release release-3.15
>>
>> (I personally think branches are nicer for this since tags are "supposed" to
>> be immutable.)
>
> Won't either of those things create a 'next-release' that's frozen in
> time where the release-3.15 branch is *right now*?

I suspect that most people go about this the other way around.  You keep
the next-release branch that goes forward, and your automated process
would follow that one.  When you really cut a release, you tag the tip of
next-release, i.e. "git tag v3.15 next-release", to give it a name.
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