From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2016 21:54:11 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] handle tag recursion in pack-objects --include-tag
Message-ID: <20160905215411.zu5urzi26gpbsj6j@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <20160905215141.b6unqtjqko7775is@sigill.intra.peff.net>

On Mon, Sep 05, 2016 at 05:51:41PM -0400, Jeff King wrote:

> If you have a tag of a tag of a commit, and the middle tag isn't
> otherwise reachable, then "pack-objects --include-tag" will not include
> the middle tag, and certain invocations of "clone" will fail. See the
> final patch below for the gory details.
> 
> The first five patches are just test cleanup and modernization in
> preparation (though note that the 3rd one actually fixes a minor bug in
> the test script).
> 
>   [1/5]: t5305: move cleanup into test block
>   [2/5]: t5305: drop "dry-run" of unpack-objects
>   [3/5]: t5305: use "git -C"
>   [4/5]: t5305: simplify packname handling
>   [5/5]: pack-objects: walk tag chains for --include-tag

BTW, this is not a new regression; the problem dates back to the origin
of the "include-tag" feature. So there is no urgency to the fix, as it
has been with us for almost a decade. I built it on master, but it
should apply cleanly to maint.

-Peff