From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2006 14:33:53 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC] just an (stupid) idea when creating a new branch
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0607091632070.29667@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <e5bfff550607082354g62e99216gc72b07055762de3a@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Sun, 9 Jul 2006, Marco Costalba wrote:

> 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