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Re: git-fast-export and tags without a tagger

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Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Date
Dec 18, 2008, 21:36 UTC
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On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 11:15:54AM -0800, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Is "fast-export" the only thing that chokes on these tags?
> 
> What I am worried about is if we have accidentally/stupidly/by mistake
> made other codepaths that check the validity of a tag object too strict,
> which would result things like "git show $such_a_tag" to barf.

git show works fine on the tag. git fsck --full passes without any warning/error as well, so I don't think we have to worry about that.

Previous: Shawn O. Pearce
Message 11 of 11 in “git-fast-export and tags without a tagger”
  1. Miklos VajnaDec 18, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2008
  3. fast-export: deal with tag objects that do not have a taggerJohannes Schindelin, Dec 18, 2008
  4. Miklos VajnaDec 18, 2008
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2008
  6. Miklos VajnaDec 18, 2008
  7. fast-export: deal with tag objects that do not have a taggerJohannes Schindelin, Dec 20, 2008
  8. fast-import: make tagger information optionalJunio C Hamano, Dec 20, 2008
  9. Miklos VajnaDec 20, 2008
  10. Shawn O. PearceDec 20, 2008
  11. Miklos VajnaDec 18, 2008

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