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You are collaborating on a project with other developers using talend best practices.
When should you use a tag?
Tags are used to mark specific points in the development lifecycle of a project. This can be done for a variety of reasons, such as:
To mark the completion of a major feature or release
To mark the start of a new development phase (e.g., QA, production)
To mark a known good state of the codebase (e.g., before a risky change)
Tags can be used to create branches, which can then be used to develop and test new features or bug fixes. They can also be used to deploy the codebase to different environments (e.g., development, staging, production).
Examples of when to use a tag:
When you are ready to release a new version of your application to production.
When you have completed a major feature or milestone in the development of your application.
Before making a risky change to your codebase, such as a database migration or refactoring.
When you need to deploy your application to a different environment, such as staging or production.
Benefits of using tags:
Tags can help you to keep track of the different versions of your codebase.
Tags can help you to roll back to a previous version of your codebase if necessary.
Tags can help you to deploy your codebase to different environments.
Tags can help you to collaborate with other developers more effectively.
Talend Best Practices Guide: https://help.talend.com/r/en-US/8.0/software-dev-lifecycle-best-practices-guide/branching-merging-and-tagging
Git documentation on tags: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-tag