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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anne Gentle" <anne at openstack.org>
> To: "Steve Gordon" <sgordon at redhat.com>
> Cc: openstack-docs at lists.openstack.org
> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 12:29:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [Openstack-docs] Need to retrieve old files? No worries
> 
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Steve Gordon <sgordon at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Anne Gentle" <anne at openstack.org>
> > > To: openstack-docs at lists.openstack.org
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 11:23:25 PM
> > > Subject: [Openstack-docs] Need to retrieve old files? No worries
> > >
> > > I just like to say no worries so I sound Aussie. :)
> > >
> > > I'm working on ensuring that some Identity configuration info is
> > correctly
> > > placed, so I wanted a copy of the repository before the rename. Here's
> > how
> > > you do that in case you ever need to get an "archived" copy of the repo.
> > >
> > > 1. Switch into a temporary directory.
> > > 2. Clone the openstack-manuals repository.
> > > $ git clone http://github.com/openstack/openstack-manuals.git
> > > Cloning into 'openstack-manuals'...
> > > remote: Counting objects: 30034, done.
> > > remote: Compressing objects: 100% (9438/9438), done.
> > > remote: Total 30034 (delta 17276), reused 26918 (delta 14505)
> > > Receiving objects: 100% (30034/30034), 55.18 MiB | 990 KiB/s, done.
> > > Resolving deltas: 100% (17276/17276), done.
> > > 3. Go to review.openstack.org and look for the patch that occured just
> > > before the rename patch. (It's https://review.openstack.org/#/c/45491/).
> >
> > Is it possible to add a tag to that specific commit (my git-fu doesn't
> > really expand to tagging so genuinely asking)?
> >
> 
> It's possible, but not by me, but by the release manager Theirry Carrez.
> However I don't think he'd grant a request to tag this branch as it's not
> meaningful to the release, you know?

Ok, I was under the impression tags in git were intended to mark "important" commits, not just releases. If they are only to be used for releases in OpenStack that's fine though.

Thanks,

Steve