Re: [PATCH] tag: add --author option

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 27, 2012, 20:52 UTC
Message-ID: <7vr4wdhilj.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <4F7223D0.5000801@gmx.ch>

Mathias Weber <mweb@gmx.ch> writes:

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> On 27.03.2012 19:29, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote:
>> On 03/27/2012 06:00 PM, Mathias Weber wrote:
>>>
>>> The tag command does not support the --author option as the
>>> commit command. This adds the --author option to create
>>> annotated tags with a different author.
>> 
>> Consistency is good.
>
> It would be good but during the rework of the patch I realized that for
> the tag the committer is and should be used and not the author.
> Therefore it is fine that this option isn't available. I'm sorry
> bothering you.

I would have thought that being able to lie about "tagger " would be equivalent to lying about --author of the commit. What am I missing?

Not that I am enthused by the idea of having to add another option. I would be perfectly happy if we did not add such a flag. It is just I do not understand the reasoning behind the retraction.