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Re: Git tag output order is incorrect (IMHO)

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 19, 2013, 19:40 UTC
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Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> writes:
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> Rahul Bansal <rahul.bansal@rtcamp.com> writes:
>
>> IMHO "git tag" is expected to show tag-list ordered by versions. 
>
> A git tag can be anything, not related to versions at all.
Correct.

But that does not prevent somebody to add "git tag --sort=X" option to the command, just like "git for-each-ref" has "--sort=X" option.

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