<p>Could anyone give me any guidelines on when I might want to tag a revision in Mercurial. </p> <p>For instance would it be a good idea to use them to mark points at which my application gets uploaded?</p>

<ul> <li>When you release/deploy, it is a nice idea to tag.</li> <li>When you just want a bookmark for yourself, you can use a local tag.</li> <li>When you need to specify a specific revision, for example in a bug report or an email, simply use the changeset id, it is long but you can shorten it.</li> </ul>

When should I tag a revision in Mercurial

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When you release/deploy, it is a nice idea to tag.
When you just want a bookmark for yourself, you can use a local tag.
When you need to specify a specific revision, for example in a bug report or an email, simply use the changeset id, it is long but you can shorten it.