Hi, I'm looking for a way to manage an ever-growing list of tags. I've read some git docs, but am new to git and wonder if the below method doesn't work or if there's a standard practice I haven't run into. Most of the tags in my repo are uninteresting to look at, but can't be deleted. (Code releases for the most part, or stalled topic branches.) If I wanted to archive those, it looks like this would work: mkdir .git/refs/archived-tags cp -a .git/refs/tags/* .git/refs/archived-tags git tag -d <tag-to-hide> # repeat as necessary I can then maintain a short list of tags that currently interest me, but am guaranteed not to lose old branches (say) referenced by those tags. Is there a reason this won't work? The immediate downsides I see are: 1. The name "archived-tags" might clash someday with a git directory. 2. I have to manually copy this to clones if I want it there too, and can't manage it from them remotely. In general, I'm thinking flat tag and branch namespaces must get unweildy, and short of implementing directory-style namespace management within git (e.g., hide tags beginning with "." by default, allow tag subdirectories) I'm looking for a workaround. Thanks, --Pete -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
