From: Petr Baudis Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 23:54:16 GMT Subject: Re: Cogito: cg-tag creates a tag object only if -s is specified Message-ID: <20050926235416.GH26340@pasky.or.cz> In-Reply-To: <433885E1.8010800@zytor.com> Dear diary, on Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 01:36:01AM CEST, I got a letter where "H. Peter Anvin" told me that... > cg-tag only creates a tag object if -s (sign) is specified. This not > only doesn't work properly with a fair number of tools (e.g. gitk), but > it also means that any description the user has entered via the -d > option is silently discarded! > > Please create a tag object for all tags, even if it is not signed. Yes, makes sense. In the past it seemed like a nice idea to only create it when we have to, but it has way too many downsides and if you still have a plausible reason not to want the tag objects, you're special enough to fallback to the lowlevel tools. cg-tag now always creates tag objects. Thanks for the feedback, -- Petr "Pasky" Baudis Stuff: http://pasky.or.cz/ VI has two modes: the one in which it beeps and the one in which it doesn't.