# Associating plugin versions with Discourse versions

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/associating-plugin-versions-with-discourse-versions/59841>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [24 Marzo 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/associating-plugin-versions-with-discourse-versions/59841 "2017-03-24T13:34:00Z")\
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> [@Mittineague](#):
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> a tag is not a branch

Technically, yes, it is just the syntax you use to clone a branch versus a tag are the same.

> [@Mittineague](#):
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> Which suggests the numbers used can be arbitrary. Yes?

Correct. It doesn’t have to be numbers at all. You could tie it to Discourse version numbers if you wanted as well (I have yet to do that – though I feel it would be one day a smart thing to do).

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