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gitk does not reload tag messages

From
TMTim McCormack <cortex@brainonfire.net>
Date
Sep 6, 2012, 18:17 UTC
Message-ID
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If a tag that gitk knows about is deleted and recreated with a different message, gitk still shows the old message after any combination of refresh, reload, and reread refs.

git-gui version 0.13.0.8.g8f85
Reproduce:
1. git tag -a test -m "foo" HEAD
2. Open gitk, see that correct message ("foo") is present for tag "test"
3. git tag -d test
4. Reload/refresh gitk [optional, it won't make a difference]
5. git tag -a test -m "bar" HEAD
6. Reload/refresh gitk
7. See that the message on tag "test" is still "foo"
8. $ git show test # shows correct message "bar"

Apologies if this is an old version or a known bug; I could not find an issue tracker to search, although I did check the gmane archives.

 - Tim McCormack
Next: David Aguilar
Message 1 of 8 in “gitk does not reload tag messages”
  1. Tim McCormackSep 6, 2012
  2. David AguilarSep 7, 2012
  3. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2012
  4. gitk: Teach "Reread references" to reload tagsDavid Aguilar, Sep 8, 2012
  5. gitk: Rename 'tagcontents' to 'cached_tagcontent'David Aguilar, Sep 8, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoSep 9, 2012
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 12, 2012
  8. Paul MackerrasSep 12, 2012

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