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Re: git-fast-export and tags without a tagger

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 18, 2008, 19:15 UTC
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Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> writes:
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> Tags created with ancient versions of git have no tagger. The udev repo
> has such tags, for example:
>
> $ git cat-file tag 4ea98ca6db3b84f5bc16eac8574e5c209ec823ce
> object face198a5f21027fefe796dc01e19e349a2d36ce
> type commit
> tag 062
>
> fast-export will fail on these repos. From IRC:
Is "fast-export" the only thing that chokes on these tags?

What I am worried about is if we have accidentally/stupidly/by mistake made other codepaths that check the validity of a tag object too strict, which would result things like "git show $such_a_tag" to barf.

Previous: Miklos VajnaNext: Johannes Schindelin
Message 2 of 11 in “git-fast-export and tags without a tagger”
  1. Miklos VajnaDec 18, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2008
  3. fast-export: deal with tag objects that do not have a taggerJohannes Schindelin, Dec 18, 2008
  4. Miklos VajnaDec 18, 2008
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2008
  6. Miklos VajnaDec 18, 2008
  7. fast-export: deal with tag objects that do not have a taggerJohannes Schindelin, Dec 20, 2008
  8. fast-import: make tagger information optionalJunio C Hamano, Dec 20, 2008
  9. Miklos VajnaDec 20, 2008
  10. Shawn O. PearceDec 20, 2008
  11. Miklos VajnaDec 18, 2008

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