From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:47:19 GMT
Subject: Re: filter-branch: Remove original/*
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0902152046090.10279@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
In-Reply-To: <7vvdrblcl0.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

Hi,

On Sun, 15 Feb 2009, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> > Hmm.  Indeed, we ignore reflogs in log_ref_write() when the ref starts 
> > with refs/tags/ (implicitly, not explicitely).
> >
> > Maybe it is time to change that.
> 
> Why?  Most tags will be created once and will stay there.  That is how 
> tags are supposed to behave, isn't it?

Exactly my point.  In the common case, it does not change a thing.

However in the case that we _do_ change tags, would you not agree that the 
reflog is _the_ place to record the change?

Ciao,
Dscho