Re: git tag's history

From: David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 26, 2010, 09:36 UTC
Message-ID: <AANLkTikTqJVbohquiNmW0BvP0bXsVFyMw0H4qF2FbhiH@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinCTcnr=tyC2+C4u5L0p_mXxTCMfSBm_JzqqMDW@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 5:12 AM, Mahesh Vaidya <forvaidya@gmail.com> wrote:

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> If git tag's history is preserved or I need to implement this in
> pre-receive hook
>
> Scenario
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> I create a tag FOO -corresponding to a commit cdf123
>
> FOO->cdf123 and I push this Tag to authoritative repository ; all fine.
>
> Now my buddy creates overwrite my tag (git tag -f) and now this tag
> looks at some other commit
>
> FOO->123aff
>
> He does a push tag FOO; assuming no restriction in pre-receive this
> push will get applied and my earlier cdf123 is lost. Is there any way
> to retrive Tag's history or in need to implement some scheme
>
> Thx/ Mahesh

He won't be able to push the tag unless he forcibly deletes your tag first.

Tags do not have history. This is a non-technical problem. If s/he's deleting your tags, it's a social problem.

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    David