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Re: Incorrect v1.7.10.4 tag on github?

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 2, 2012, 21:00 UTC
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Dan Johnson <computerdruid@gmail.com> writes:
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> Junio,
> I just noticed that the download buttons (for tarballs) on gitscm.com
> all point to the github tag list ( https://github.com/git/git/tags )
> instead of the location pointed to by your [ANNOUNCE] message (
> http://code.google.com/p/git-core/downloads/list )

Thanks for noticing, but what GitHub does is outside my control. Luckily I see Peff is in the loop so this will hopefully be resolved shortly ;-).

> If you do something special as part of releasing these tarballs, is
> this something that should be corrected?

I do not do anything special other than "make dist", but obviously anybody's "list of tags" that drive "git archive" won't run it, so it is a wrong thing to point at, regardless of who hosts it.

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Message 7 of 9 in “Incorrect v1.7.10.4 tag on github?”
  1. Graham BallantyneJun 15, 2012
  2. Jeff KingJun 15, 2012
  3. Junio C HamanoJun 15, 2012
  4. Jeff KingJun 15, 2012
  5. Dan JohnsonJul 2, 2012
  6. Jeff KingJul 2, 2012
  7. Junio C HamanoJul 2, 2012
  8. Scott ChaconJul 2, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 2, 2012

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