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Re: [PATCH] fast-export: deal with tag objects that do not have a tagger

From
Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Date
Dec 18, 2008, 23:38 UTC
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<20081218233843.GA21154@genesis.frugalware.org>
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On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 03:20:29PM -0800, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Such a "faking" can well be done, and should be done, on the consuming end
> of the information.  If you fake using the commit authorship, you would
> never be able to tell from the result which one is faked and which one is
> genuine.
> 
> I think you'd rather want to see "Unspecified Tagger" in the resulting tag
> object (or even better, a tag object without the tagger field created by
> the fast-import process), and leave the interpretation of missing tagger
> information to the consumers.

Aah, I missed that Dscho's patch will not just not die(), but it _will_ output a stream that fast-import will import. So just forget my complain. :-)

And Dscho, thanks!
Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: Johannes Schindelin
Message 6 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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