What do you use the svn tags directory for anyways?

Question

Ok so we all know the standard SVN set-up of

trunk\\
branches\\
tags\\

And I realize that the recommendation is that tags should have \"spe

Answer 1

Just make a note revision 712 was our version 1 release.

To me, making a Tag is making a note that rev 712 was version 1.

It is also very easy to see all of the builds, milestones, releases, etc., just by looking at the Tags folder.

If you consider how Labels worked in VSS, Tags are much faster and easier to work with, but accomplish the same thing. Just don't over analyze the fact that it is made using the copy command just like a branch is.

Edit: If you are paranoid about someone committing changes to a Tag folder, you could use pre-commit hooks to prevent it by user.