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Re: Tags only shown on log with --decorate?

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Sep 9, 2010, 21:14 UTC
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On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 05:36:09PM -0300, Carlos Eduardo da Fonseca wrote:
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> Well, I don't see how can it distract people, but I find important to
> developers who clone/pull a repository to immediatly see what were the
> tags added and what are they relation with commits when they "git
> log".
> I wouldn't (and I think most developers also wouldn't) remember to
> execute "git tag" or use the "--decorate" parameter every time they
> clone/pull something.

Right. That's why we have a config option, as I explained in my other mail. If you want to argue that the config option should default to on, submit a patch. Either it will get accepted, or it will generate lots of responses from people who disagree with you.

-Peff
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