Can copier use commit hashes instead of tags for tracking applied versions?

[sgarfinkel]

Question in title. If it can’t do this, I think it would be a helpful feature. Sometimes for internal projects creating tagged releases is a pain. Would be nice if copier would just use the commit hash instead, maybe in an opt-in way. I can see how requiring users to semantically tag their templates is generally better practice, though.

[pawamoy]

You can use the -r, --vcs-ref option (check the docs). You can pass it a commit hash or even HEAD.

[yajo]

If the repo doesn't have tags, or at least those aren't PEP440-parseable, Copier will aways use HEAD.

OTOH, if you're into tags, you can even use --prereleases to test tagged updates on some places only.

FWIW tags are only required when you need migrations.