From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:00:24 GMT Subject: Re: linux-next: unneeded merge in the security tree Message-ID: <7vli9s5ldz.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: Linus Torvalds writes: > That said, adding the signature from an upstream tag doesn't really > seem to be hugely useful. I'm not seeing much of an upside, in other > words. I'd *expect* that people would pick up upstream tags > regardless, no? Yes, their "git fetch" will auto-follow, but mergetag embedded in the commit objects will give the history auditable trail the same way as the merges you make your downstream. You of course could match out-of-line tags against back-merges and verify your merges with mergetags, but you do not have to.