Re: [PATCH] tag: --force is quiet about new tags

> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 11:33 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> Phil Hord <hordp@cisco.com> writes:
>>
>>> git tag --force is used to replace an existing tag with
>>> a new reference.  Git helpfully tells the user the old
>>> ref when this happens.  But if the tag name is new and does
>>> not exist, git tells the user the old ref anyway (000000).
>>>
>>> Teach git to ignore --force if the tag is new.  Add a test
>>> for this and also to ensure --force can replace tags at all.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Phil Hord <hordp@cisco.com>
>>> ---
>>
>> I think we would still want to allow the operation to go through,
>> even when the --force option is given, to create a new tag.  I agree
>> that the message should not say "Updated".  So teaching Git not to
>> issue the "Updated" message makes perfect sense.  It is somewhat
>> misleading to say we are teaching Git to ignore the option, though.
>>
>> Thanks.
> 
> My phrasing was too ambiguous.  What you described is exactly what the
> patch does.  --force is superfluous when the tag does not already
> exist.  It is only checked in two places, and one of those is to
> decide whether to print the "Updated" message.  How's this?
> 
>    Teach 'git tag --force' to suppress the update message if
>    the tag is new.  Add a test for this and also to ensure
>    --force can replace tags at all.
> 
> Phil