Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] mktag: add option which allows the tagger field to be omitted

On Tue, 2017-09-19 at 12:01 +0900, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > Hmph.  I cannot shake this nagging feeling that this is probably a > solution that is overly narrow to a single problem that won't scale > into the future. > > [...snip good point...] > > If we drop the "verification" step from the

Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] mktag: add option which allows the tagger field to be omitted

Ian Campbell writes: > This can be useful e.g. in `filter-branch` when rewritting tags produced by > older versions of Git, such as v2.6.12-rc2..v2.6.13-rc3 in the Linux kernel > source tree: > > $ git cat-file tag v2.6.12-rc2 > object

[PATCH v2 1/4] mktag: add option which allows the tagger field to be omitted

This can be useful e.g. in `filter-branch` when rewritting tags produced by older versions of Git, such as v2.6.12-rc2..v2.6.13-rc3 in the Linux kernel source tree: $ git cat-file tag v2.6.12-rc2 object 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 type commit tag