clone by tag, but tag doesn't appear in the clone

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 12:29:21 -0800 (PST), "Paul J. Morris" <paul.morris at solnetsolutions.co.nz> wrote:
> Thanks Brendan,
>
> I thought that there would have to be an equivalent way using
> mercurial - just a question adjusting to a new way of thinking.

You can probably use a combination of named branches *and* tags to
emulate this.  This way you can:

  * Clone a full named branch

  * Update to the tag within the named branch

But if you want to build a 5-year old tag of a named branch cloning
everything up to today may be a bit of an overkill, indeed.