Re: git tag truncates tag list

From: Kevin Daudt <me@ikke.info>
Date: Jan 5, 2021, 05:45 UTC
Message-ID: <X/P8+jZFs6LYoR6A@alpha>
In-Reply-To: <MQFZ9EW--3-2@tuta.io>

On Tue, Jan 05, 2021 at 04:39:20AM +0100, stratus@tuta.io wrote:

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> Dear git,
> git tag misses out some tags from this repo here, there seem to be too many to show:
> 
> https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux
> 
> It cuts the list short, losing either the latest ones with simply 
> git tag
>  or the earliest using either 
> git tag  --sort=-creatordate
>   or 
> git tag --sort=-taggerdate
> 
>  Is there some config option somewhere to show the full list?
>

That sounds like an issue with the pager. Does `git --no-pager tag` show all tags?

What do the following things return:

  echo $LESS
  echo $GIT_PAGER
  git config core.pager
  git config pager.tag
  
Kind regards, Kevin