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[RFC/PATCH v2] tag: display original sha1 of deleted/overwritten tag

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ZFZoltán Füzesi <zfuzesi@eaglet.hu>
Date
Dec 10, 2009, 13:26 UTC
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It makes possible to undo accidental tag deletion and overwriting.
Signed-off-by: Zoltán Füzesi <zfuzesi@eaglet.hu>
---
This patch was created in response to this feature request:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/135016
I named it "RFC" because of the overwriting part.
v2: works when tag object is created.
 builtin-tag.c |    8 +++++---
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-tag.c b/builtin-tag.c
index c479018..1265b84 100644
--- a/builtin-tag.c
+++ b/builtin-tag.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static int delete_tag(const char *name, const char *ref,
 {
 	if (delete_ref(ref, sha1, 0))
 		return 1;
-	printf("Deleted tag '%s'\n", name);
+	printf("Deleted tag '%s' %s\n", name, sha1_to_hex(sha1));
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ static int parse_msg_arg(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
 int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
-	unsigned char object[20], prev[20];
+	unsigned char object[20], prev[20], tag_object[20];
 	char ref[PATH_MAX];
 	const char *object_ref, *tag;
 	struct ref_lock *lock;
@@ -472,13 +472,15 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (annotate)
 		create_tag(object, tag, &buf, msg.given || msgfile,
-			   sign, prev, object);
+			   sign, prev, tag_object);
 
 	lock = lock_any_ref_for_update(ref, prev, 0);
 	if (!lock)
 		die("%s: cannot lock the ref", ref);
 	if (write_ref_sha1(lock, object, NULL) < 0)
 		die("%s: cannot update the ref", ref);
+	else if (force && hashcmp(object, prev))
+		printf("Overwritten tag '%s' (%s)\n", ref, sha1_to_hex(prev));
 
 	strbuf_release(&buf);
 	return 0;
-- 
1.6.6.rc2
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