{"thread":{"id":"11807","subject":"Wishlist: Please add --author to git-tag","startedAt":"2008-01-31T17:27:31Z","lastAt":"2008-02-18T00:00:07Z","messageCount":7,"participants":["Daniel Baumann","Pierre Habouzit","Carlos Rica","Johannes Schindelin","Rhodes, Kate","Nicolas Pitre"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"66991","messageId":"47A20503.2000603@debian.org","threadId":"11807","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Wishlist: Please add --author to git-tag","fromName":"Daniel Baumann","fromEmail":"daniel@debian.org","sentAt":"2008-01-31T17:27:31Z","receivedAt":"2008-01-31T17:27:31Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"daniel@debian.org","avatar":null},"body":"Hi,\n\ngit commit supports --author to overwrite the author information on a\nparticular commit; it would be nice if git tag would offer the same.\n\nRegards,\nDaniel\n\n-- \nAddress: Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist\nEmail: daniel.baumann@panthera-systems.net\nInternet: http://people.panthera-systems.net/~daniel-baumann/\n"},{"id":"66992","messageId":"20080131193550.GB10905@artemis.madism.org","threadId":"11807","inReplyTo":"47A20503.2000603@debian.org","subject":"Re: Wishlist: Please add --author to git-tag","fromName":"Pierre Habouzit","fromEmail":"madcoder@debian.org","sentAt":"2008-01-31T19:35:50Z","receivedAt":"2008-01-31T19:35:50Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"madcoder@debian.org","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/44708?v=4"},"body":"On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 05:27:31PM +0000, Daniel Baumann wrote:\n> Hi,\n> \n> git commit supports --author to overwrite the author information on a\n> particular commit; it would be nice if git tag would offer the same.\n\n Meanwhile,\n\n GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=\"John Doe\" GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=luser@example.com git tag\n\n Will work\n-- \n·O· Pierre Habouzit\n··O madcoder@debian.org\nOOO http://www.madism.org\n"},{"id":"66997","messageId":"1b46aba20801311449l774a6213kc33c49c0682c0228@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"11807","inReplyTo":"20080131193550.GB10905@artemis.madism.org","subject":"Re: Wishlist: Please add --author to git-tag","fromName":"Carlos Rica","fromEmail":"jasampler@gmail.com","sentAt":"2008-01-31T22:49:24Z","receivedAt":"2008-01-31T22:49:24Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"jasampler@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"On Jan 31, 2008 8:35 PM, Pierre Habouzit wrote:\n> On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 05:27:31PM +0000, Daniel Baumann wrote:\n> > Hi,\n> >\n> > git commit supports --author to overwrite the author information on a\n> > particular commit; it would be nice if git tag would offer the same.\n>\n> Meanwhile,\n>\n> GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=\"John Doe\" GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=luser@example.com git tag\n\nThat didn't work for me, but perhaps I'm not understanding what this user wants\nto do. I think it is about to create a tag object having another\nauthor different from committer.\n\nIn such case, and looking at builtin-commit.c, I see that the code needed\ncould came from the function determine_author_info(), just the part using\nforce_author variable, to be added in the create_tag() function from\nbuiltin-tag.c.\n\nThe only thing I don't know is if this should be different from\ngit-commit in which\nboth \"author\" and \"committer\" fields are supplied and only \"author\" can be\nchanged this way, preserving the committer. In git-tag, only the committer is\nincluded in the tag object, written as the \"tagger\".\n\nPlease, correct me if I'm wrong.\n\nRegards.\nCarlos.\n"},{"id":"66999","messageId":"alpine.LSU.1.00.0801312345520.23907@racer.site","threadId":"11807","inReplyTo":"1b46aba20801311449l774a6213kc33c49c0682c0228@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Wishlist: Please add --author to git-tag","fromName":"Johannes Schindelin","fromEmail":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","sentAt":"2008-01-31T23:48:12Z","receivedAt":"2008-01-31T23:48:12Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/127790?v=4"},"body":"Hi,\n\nOn Thu, 31 Jan 2008, Carlos Rica wrote:\n\n> On Jan 31, 2008 8:35 PM, Pierre Habouzit wrote:\n> > On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 05:27:31PM +0000, Daniel Baumann wrote:\n> >\n> > > git commit supports --author to overwrite the author information on \n> > > a particular commit; it would be nice if git tag would offer the \n> > > same.\n> >\n> > Meanwhile,\n> >\n> > GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=\"John Doe\" GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=luser@example.com git tag\n> \n> That didn't work for me,\n\nHey jasam, good to see you again.\n\nI think that you have to use \"-s\" or \"-a\" for the author information to \ntake effect (IOW a lightweight tag will not pick it up, since it is only a \n41-byte file, and does not change the object database).\n\nCiao,\nDscho\n"},{"id":"67033","messageId":"1b46aba20802010648j6f305cbve55d50d1ead74a73@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"11807","inReplyTo":"alpine.LSU.1.00.0801312345520.23907@racer.site","subject":"Re: Wishlist: Please add --author to git-tag","fromName":"Carlos Rica","fromEmail":"jasampler@gmail.com","sentAt":"2008-02-01T14:48:42Z","receivedAt":"2008-02-01T14:48:42Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"jasampler@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"On Feb 1, 2008 12:48 AM, Johannes Schindelin wrote:\n> Hi,\n>\n> On Thu, 31 Jan 2008, Carlos Rica wrote:\n>\n> > On Jan 31, 2008 8:35 PM, Pierre Habouzit wrote:\n> > > On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 05:27:31PM +0000, Daniel Baumann wrote:\n> > >\n> > > > git commit supports --author to overwrite the author information on\n> > > > a particular commit; it would be nice if git tag would offer the\n> > > > same.\n> > >\n> > > Meanwhile,\n> > >\n> > > GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=\"John Doe\" GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=luser@example.com git tag\n> >\n> > That didn't work for me,\n>\n> Hey jasam, good to see you again.\n>\n> I think that you have to use \"-s\" or \"-a\" for the author information to\n> take effect (IOW a lightweight tag will not pick it up, since it is only a\n> 41-byte file, and does not change the object database).\n\nThis way it doesn't work for me either. You know, the tag object has\nonly a \"tagger\", who is always the committer. Currently, I'm inspecting\nthe resulting object using \"git cat-file tag t\". I cannot find where that author\nname specified in the command line should be stored for tags.\n\nIt is nice to see you too!\nCarlos\n"},{"id":"68927","messageId":"420D37FF-C808-47CA-A3C8-38E1F8578FAC@gmail.com","threadId":"11807","inReplyTo":"47A20503.2000603@debian.org","subject":"Re: Wishlist: Please add --author to git-tag","fromName":"Rhodes, Kate","fromEmail":"masukomi@gmail.com","sentAt":"2008-02-16T19:49:58Z","receivedAt":"2008-02-16T19:49:58Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"masukomi@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"\nOn Jan 31, 2008, at 12:27 PM, Daniel Baumann wrote:\n\n> git commit supports --author to overwrite the author information on a\n> particular commit; it would be nice if git tag would offer the same.\n\nWhat are the implications of this on the GPG signature aspect of git- \ntag (desired or otherwise)?\n\nIf you were committing someone else's tag wouldn't you want to sign \nnot only the commit, but their signature on the commit?\n\nIgnoring the GPG issue, I'm just not seeing the benefit to having an \nauthor AND a committer on a tag. I mean... it's a *tag*. The only \nvalue I see in having any name associated with a tag is knowing who to \npoint the finger at when the wrong thing gets tagged. But, I don't see \nany authorship aspect to the concept of a tag. To me it's more: \"Bob\" \nset it and it points to this. The end.\n\nWhat you're proposing sounds more like: \"Bob\" said to set it and then \n\"Mary\" did, because Bob said to.\n\nP.S. When the right thing is tagged there's generally no need to know \nwho did it. I don't care if Linus tags the latest kernel release or \none of his lieutenants. All I care is that everyone's in agreement \nthat whatever that tag points to is the next release. Who tags \nsomething doesn't change the value of what was tagged.\n\n-masukomi\n"},{"id":"69064","messageId":"alpine.LFD.1.00.0802171859010.2732@xanadu.home","threadId":"11807","inReplyTo":"420D37FF-C808-47CA-A3C8-38E1F8578FAC@gmail.com","subject":"Re: Wishlist: Please add --author to git-tag","fromName":"Nicolas Pitre","fromEmail":"nico@cam.org","sentAt":"2008-02-18T00:00:07Z","receivedAt":"2008-02-18T00:00:07Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"nico@fluxnic.net","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/702790?v=4"},"body":"On Sat, 16 Feb 2008, Rhodes, Kate wrote:\n\n> \n> On Jan 31, 2008, at 12:27 PM, Daniel Baumann wrote:\n> \n> > git commit supports --author to overwrite the author information on a\n> > particular commit; it would be nice if git tag would offer the same.\n> \n> What are the implications of this on the GPG signature aspect of git-tag\n> (desired or otherwise)?\n> \n> If you were committing someone else's tag wouldn't you want to sign not only\n> the commit, but their signature on the commit?\n> \n> Ignoring the GPG issue, I'm just not seeing the benefit to having an author\n> AND a committer on a tag. I mean... it's a *tag*. The only value I see in\n> having any name associated with a tag is knowing who to point the finger at\n> when the wrong thing gets tagged. But, I don't see any authorship aspect to\n> the concept of a tag. To me it's more: \"Bob\" set it and it points to this. The\n> end.\n> \n> What you're proposing sounds more like: \"Bob\" said to set it and then \"Mary\"\n> did, because Bob said to.\n\nAnd in that case this information can be contained in the tag text body \nitself.\n\n\nNicolas\n"}]}