{"thread":{"id":"48570","subject":"[PATCH] Clarify that a tag can refer to a non-commit object","startedAt":"2018-05-25T09:47:10Z","lastAt":"2018-05-25T09:47:10Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Robert P. J. Day"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"348532","messageId":"alpine.LFD.2.21.1805250543230.8587@localhost.localdomain","threadId":"48570","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PATCH] Clarify that a tag can refer to a non-commit object","fromName":"Robert P. J. Day","fromEmail":"rpjday@crashcourse.ca","sentAt":"2018-05-25T09:45:09Z","receivedAt":"2018-05-25T09:47:10Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"rpjday@crashcourse.ca","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/226084077?v=4"},"body":"\nReword \"man git-tag\" to clarify that a tag can refer directly to an\narbitrary object, not just a commit object.\n\nSigned-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>\n\n---\n\ndiff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt\nindex 1d17101ba..87c4288ff 100644\n--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt\n+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt\n@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ in the tag message.\n If `-m <msg>` or `-F <file>` is given and `-a`, `-s`, and `-u <keyid>`\n are absent, `-a` is implied.\n\n-Otherwise just a tag reference for the SHA-1 object name of the commit object is\n-created (i.e. a lightweight tag).\n+Otherwise, a tag reference that points directly at the given object\n+(i.e., a lightweight tag) is created.\n\n A GnuPG signed tag object will be created when `-s` or `-u\n <keyid>` is used.  When `-u <keyid>` is not used, the\n\n-- \n\n========================================================================\nRobert P. J. Day                                 Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA\n                  http://crashcourse.ca/dokuwiki\n\nTwitter:                                       http://twitter.com/rpjday\nLinkedIn:                               http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday\n========================================================================\n"}]}