So You Want To Tag/Label Your Code

Owned by John Sewchand (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Mar 19, 2019
2 min read

Say you've got a working copy of your code and want to tag/label it so that you can retrieve that version at any time.  You could also use versioning to accomplish this but you may not want to cut a version for a valid reason (eg. your code is not going to prod anytime soon but you still want to stamp it at a known/working state).

What's the difference between Tag and Label?  Well, not much, really.  If you're using GIT then you Tag.  If you're still using TFS then you Label.


Step-by-step guide

To Tag...

Within your Azure DevOps project navigate to your Repo and underneath the Repo menu item you'll see Tags.  Simply create a Tag there.  Use a descriptive comment so that it's clear why/when you created the Tag.


To Label...

In Visual Studio, within Source Control Explorer, navigate to your project, right-click on it, select Advanced, and then Apply Label...

Then name your Label and give it a descriptive comment so that it's clear why/when you created the Label.

 

To find your Label, again right-click on your project, select Find, and then Find Label...

Use the dialog to search for your Label

If you double-click on the search result that matches your Label, it will open the Label view which allows you to do various things including retrieving the code with that Label