Re: [PATCH 0/2] bookmarks (was: Re: git-fetch and unannotated tags)

From: Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com>
Date: Apr 26, 2007, 13:45 UTC
Message-ID: <20070426134501.GA3273@diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <200704260908.07108.andyparkins@gmail.com>

On 2007-04-26 09:08:06 +0100, Andy Parkins wrote:

> Maybe I'm missing the point - what do people see lightweight tags as
> useful for if not for marking revisions in a not-to-be-published
> fashion?

I agree. Lightweight tags intentionally lack all the information that heavyweight tags have: committer/author, date, and log message. This makes them quick and handy as a personal bookmarking system, but less friendly for communication with others: all you have is the name. You can't even know who created the tag, or when, or for what purpose, unless it's all encoded it the tag name.

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