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Re: [PATCH] git-tag man: when to use lightweight or annotated tags

From
Daniele Segato <daniele.segato@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 29, 2013, 18:21 UTC
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On 07/26/2013 11:13 PM, Marc Branchaud wrote:
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> On 13-07-26 01:19 PM, Daniele Segato wrote:
>>
>> By the way which is your role in the community?
>> Don't want to be rude, I just don't know who I'm talking about :) the
>> documentation maintainer?
>
> I'm just a git user and (very) occasional contributor.
>
> There's not much structure to the git community.  Anyone who wants git to
> change can post a patch (or patch series) to this list.  The patch can touch
> any area of the code, and it's considered good manners to CC whoever last
> touched the part(s) of the code being patched.
>
> The patch is discussed and revised as needed, and eventually the patch
> thread's participants arrive at a consensus as to whether or not the patch
> should become a part of git.  If the patch is accepted the git maintainer
> (Junio C. Hamano) shepherds the patch through git's release process.  See
> this note:
> 	http://git-blame.blogspot.ca/p/a-note-from-maintainer.html
> for more about that and other aspects of the git development community.
>
> 		M.
>

Thanks. That helps a bit in understanding how I fit into the ml!

Cheers, Daniele Segato

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Message 22 of 23 in “git tag usability issue: Lightweight vs Annotated confusion for the end user (ex. git describe default)”
  1. Daniele SegatoJul 24, 2013
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 24, 2013
  3. git-tag man: when to use lightweight or annotated tagsDaniele Segato, Jul 25, 2013
  4. Marc BranchaudJul 25, 2013
  5. Daniele SegatoJul 26, 2013
  6. Daniele SegatoJul 26, 2013
  7. Marc BranchaudJul 26, 2013
  8. Daniele SegatoJul 26, 2013
  9. Daniele SegatoJul 26, 2013
  10. Jeff KingJul 26, 2013
  11. Jonathan NiederJul 26, 2013
  12. Daniele SegatoJul 29, 2013
  13. Daniele SegatoAug 7, 2013
  14. Marc BranchaudJul 26, 2013
  15. Junio C HamanoJul 29, 2013
  16. Daniele SegatoJul 29, 2013
  17. Daniele SegatoJul 27, 2013
  18. Philip OakleyJul 27, 2013
  19. Stefan BellerJul 27, 2013
  20. Daniele SegatoJul 29, 2013
  21. Marc BranchaudJul 26, 2013
  22. Daniele SegatoJul 29, 2013
  23. Daniele SegatoJul 25, 2013

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