Re: Tags of non-commits

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 24, 2007, 18:49 UTC
Message-ID: <7vwsvkdaz0.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0708241337560.5774@iabervon.org>

Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org> writes:

> There seems to be an inconsistency between the fetch and tag over whether 
> lightweight tags of non-commits are allowed. Fetch doesn't like them, but 
> tag creates them without any particular fuss.

Is your "fetch does not like them" about the automated following? If you say "git fetch $remote tag $that_tag" there shouldn't be any difference.

And the difference in the automated following behaviour is deliberate. Lightweight ones tend to be private "anchor point" during development (these days we need that less often, thanks to reflogs), and annotated ones, especially the signed kinds are meant for public consumption.