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Re: [RFC] just an (stupid) idea when creating a new branch

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jul 9, 2006, 14:33 UTC
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Hi,
On Sun, 9 Jul 2006, Marco Costalba wrote:
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> It is possible to add a message (and more) to a tag creating a tag
> object. FWIK this is not allowed for the other refs.
> 
> Why there is this (artifical?) difference between tags and the other
> kind of refs?

The tag message is nothing else than a commit message. The (artificial-but-on-purpose) difference is that you are not supposed to change a tag ref, whereas a regular ref pointing to a commit is _expected_ to point to some other commit in the future.

Ciao, Dscho

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Message 7 of 12 in “[RFC] just an (stupid) idea when creating a new branch”
  1. moreau francisJul 8, 2006
  2. Jakub NarebskiJul 8, 2006
  3. Johannes SchindelinJul 8, 2006
  4. Jakub NarebskiJul 9, 2006
  5. Johannes SchindelinJul 9, 2006
  6. Marco CostalbaJul 9, 2006
  7. Johannes SchindelinJul 9, 2006
  8. Petr BaudisJul 9, 2006
  9. Johannes SchindelinJul 9, 2006
  10. Pavel RoskinJul 9, 2006
  11. Re : [RFC] just an (stupid) idea when creating a new branchmoreau francis, Jul 9, 2006
  12. Junio C HamanoJul 9, 2006

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