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From
Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Aug 6, 2005, 18:27 UTC
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<7vacju9az9.fsf_-_@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
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A git tag object can have its own text contents, but I do not see how I can get to it from gitweb.

For example, I have "junio-gpg-pub" tag in my git.git repository. This is a tag to a "blob" which is my public GPG key. The "tag" object itself says:

    object b92c9c07fe2d0d89c4f692573583c4753b5355d2
    type blob
    tag junio-gpg-pub
    tagger Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> 1123226972 -0700
    This is the GPG key I use to sign GIT releases.
    ...

to tell people that they can use it to verify the tags signed by me. I would appreciate that this description is visible somewhere from gitweb. Clicking on the link just spews out the blob contents, which is the ascii armored public key.

Of course I _could_ add textual description outside the ascii armor in this particular case, but that approach would not work in general --- my next funky tag _could_ point to a JPEG picture with the tag description that says "my beautiful wife" ;-).

I realize that I am going tangent, but it would be very cool if gitweb understood a tag payload that said something like this:

    object b02c0c07fe2d0d80c4f602573583c4753b5355d2
    type blob
    tag my-beautiful-wife
    tagger Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> 1123226072 -0700
    object-content-type: image/jpeg
    Here is a textual description of the blob being pointed at
    by this tag.  For this example, it should say "this is my
    wife's picture" or something like that.
No, I am not going to create that tag.
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  1. Paul MackerrasJul 30, 2005
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 30, 2005
  3. Shipping gitk as part of core git.Junio C Hamano, Jul 30, 2005
  4. Paul MackerrasJul 31, 2005
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 31, 2005
  6. gitk merge display bugs (was: Re: Display of merges in gitk)Sergey Vlasov, Jul 30, 2005
  7. Linus TorvaldsAug 5, 2005
  8. gitk "hyperlinks" (was Re: Display of merges in gitk)Linus Torvalds, Aug 5, 2005
  9. jepler@unpythonic.netAug 5, 2005
  10. Kay SieversAug 6, 2005
  11. Linus TorvaldsAug 6, 2005
  12. Kay SieversAug 7, 2005
  13. gitweb "tag" displayJunio C Hamano, Aug 6, 2005
  14. Junio C HamanoAug 6, 2005
  15. Paul MackerrasAug 19, 2005
  16. Johannes SchindelinAug 19, 2005
  17. Junio C HamanoAug 20, 2005
  18. Kay SieversAug 7, 2005
  19. Paul MackerrasAug 6, 2005
  20. Linus TorvaldsAug 6, 2005
  21. jepler@unpythonic.netAug 6, 2005
  22. gitk SHA link hoversLinus Torvalds, Aug 6, 2005
  23. Paul MackerrasAug 7, 2005
  24. Junio C HamanoAug 6, 2005
  25. Paul MackerrasAug 7, 2005

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