# How can I refer to the latest version of code without a number?

**URL:** <https://community.cloudogu.com/t/how-can-i-refer-to-the-latest-version-of-code-without-a-number/1109>\
**Category:** SCM-Manager (General)\
**Created:** [March 21, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.cloudogu.com/t/how-can-i-refer-to-the-latest-version-of-code-without-a-number/1109 "2023-03-21T14:24:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![mcote](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.cloudogu.com/mcote/32/1065_2.png) [@mcote](https://community.cloudogu.com/u/mcote)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.cloudogu.com/t/how-can-i-refer-to-the-latest-version-of-code-without-a-number/1109/1 "2023-03-21T14:24:14Z")

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I want to use a URL in documentation to refer to the latest code commits in svn. I do not want to use a specific number, but a generic label like LATEST in the URL. how do I do this? If I use a URL to point to a tag, when I enter it into the browser, it doesn’t show me the code.

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**Author:** ![pfeuffer](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.cloudogu.com/pfeuffer/32/72_2.png) [@pfeuffer](https://community.cloudogu.com/u/pfeuffer)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.cloudogu.com/t/how-can-i-refer-to-the-latest-version-of-code-without-a-number/1109/2 "2023-03-21T17:37:07Z")

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Hi, have you tried using `-1` as a revision number (like this one: [https://my.scm.server/scm/repo/svn/test/code/sources/-1/trunk/README.md/](https://my.scm.server/scm/repo/svn/test/code/sources/-1/trunk/README.md/))?

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**Author:** ![mcote](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.cloudogu.com/mcote/32/1065_2.png) [@mcote](https://community.cloudogu.com/u/mcote)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.cloudogu.com/t/how-can-i-refer-to-the-latest-version-of-code-without-a-number/1109/3 "2023-03-21T20:24:52Z")

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not sure how that helps me? what does -1 mean?

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**Author:** ![mcote](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.cloudogu.com/mcote/32/1065_2.png) [@mcote](https://community.cloudogu.com/u/mcote)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://community.cloudogu.com/t/how-can-i-refer-to-the-latest-version-of-code-without-a-number/1109/4 "2023-03-22T12:55:45Z")

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not sure why or how, but this works. thank you!  
if you have an explanation, I would love to know how it works.

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**Author:** ![pfeuffer](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.cloudogu.com/pfeuffer/32/72_2.png) [@pfeuffer](https://community.cloudogu.com/u/pfeuffer)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 7:45am UTC](https://community.cloudogu.com/t/how-can-i-refer-to-the-latest-version-of-code-without-a-number/1109/5 "2023-03-23T07:45:46Z")

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This is just a specialty of SCM-Manager as far as I know. I cannot tell you, why this was implemented this way any more, though.