Re: git bundle vs git rev-list

> "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:
> 
> > On Fri, Dec 05, 2014 at 03:36:18PM -0700, Jesse Hopkins wrote:
> >> 1. Any thoughts on why a tag would be included by 'git bundle', when
> >> 'git rev-list' with the same arguments returns empty?
> >
> > I think the answer to this is found in the git rev-list manpage:
> >
> >   List commits that are reachable by following the parent links from the
> >   given commit(s), but exclude commits that are reachable from the
> >   one(s) given with a ^ in front of them.
> >
> > The operative word here is "commits".  A bundle might include one or
> > more tag objects, or unannotated tags, even though no new commits were
> > available within the time frame.
> 
> Is this what a recent "git bundle create" change in 2.1.1 and 2.2
> fixed?  The Release Notes to them seem to have this entry:
> 
>  * "git bundle create" with date-range specification were meant to
>    exclude tags outside the range, but it did not work correctly.