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

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jul 9, 2006, 22:12 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0607100011060.29667@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <20060709220116.GT29115@pasky.or.cz>

Hi,

On Mon, 10 Jul 2006, Petr Baudis wrote:

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>   Hi,
> 
> Dear diary, on Sun, Jul 09, 2006 at 04:33:53PM CEST, I got a letter
> where Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> said that...
> > 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.
> 
>   huh?
> 
>   The tag message is a message in the "freeform" part of the tag object,
> but disregarding the format similiraties, it has really nothing to do
> with a commit message. (Also, commit messages don't tend to be commonly
> PGP signed. ;-)

Marco was talking about an "artificial difference", which means technical issues. From a technical viewpoint, the tag message is _exactly_ the same as a commit message.

Hth, Dscho