Versioning

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To ensure that permanent URLs to an attachment for a specification is readable and permanent follow the best practices listed below.

Use Tags![edit | edit source]

Once the final version of the file is uploaded to the repository (see here how to do it), you want to create a GIT Tag with the correct version (e.g. the version of the ETSI Deliverable).

To do so, follow the steps:

  1. Go to the repository
  2. In the menu on the left, select Repository then Tags
  3. Click on the Create Tag green button
  4. Fill in the following information
    1. Tag name: the version in a short version, e.g. v2.1.1
    2. Create from: Choose the correct branch or revision! (IMPORTANT)
    3. Message: You may add a description of the version
    4. Release note: Optional

Pretty view vs Raw view[edit | edit source]

Do not encode versioning in the files[edit | edit source]

Do not hard code the version in the file name, e.g. DO NOT:

   my_file_v2.1.1.json

instead use

   my_file.json

and let the GIT system manage and provide the licensing information.

In the same way, it is very bad practice to keep a list of folders such as (example based on fictitious ASN.1 modules for TB XYZ):

   TB_XYZ_ASN.1_modules_v1
   TB_XYZ_ASN.1_modules_v2
   TB_XYZ_ASN.1_modules_v3
   TB_XYZ_ASN.1_modules_v4
   etc.