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Ticket UUID:	9acc77815aa28410f06bd3b52b3f8e8b00f53924
Title:	What is the meaning of ?VALUE? in tag add and tag branch?
Status:	Closed	Type:	Documentation
Severity:	Minor	Priority:	Immediate
Subsystem:	one	Resolution:	Not_A_Bug
Last Modified:	2008-07-25 11:59:40
Version Found In:	4b56350ecb
Description & Comments:
If I perform a fossil help tag there is a `?VALUE?` mentioned at the description of `tag add` and `tag branch`. But what is the purpose of `?VALUE?`? It seem to be a free format value. Its only purpose seem to be that I may query it via `tag list UUID`, is this correct? drh added on 2008-07-25 11:59:40: This is a legitimate question, but a question for the mailing list, I think, not for a ticket. If there were a misstatement of fact issued by the "help" command, that would justify a ticket. But the "help" command is not intended to provide a tutorial. The "help" command is not intended to explain things down to the last detail. The "help" command should only give a high-level summary of what a command does. One could easily argument that there needs to be additional documentation of the "tag" command. I agree. But the additional documentation belongs on the website - separate from the primary fossil executable, I believe. Please continue follow-up discussion on the mailing list.