From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:14:43 GMT
Subject: Re: Tags only shown on log with --decorate?
Message-ID: <20100909211443.GA3096@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=htz2+tPSNrt+niQPczAoTGeu2g0iWgjZoFxBb@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 05:36:09PM -0300, Carlos Eduardo da Fonseca wrote:

> 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