Re: [PATCH 2/2] filter-branch.sh: support nearly proper tag name filtering

> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> > On Sun, 23 Mar 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> >
> >> If you tell filter-branch to filter a branch A and a tag T, as the 
> >> command is advertised to rewrite positive refs that were given from 
> >> the command line, isn't it natural to expect that the command would 
> >> attempt its best effort to rewrite such a tag object?
> >
> > The thing is: signed tags cannot be rewritten.
> 
> I know that, and you know I know that if you read what you responded 
> again ;-)
> 
> And I think stripping of gpg signature part is a reasonable best effort 
> for the command, _when_ the user told a signed tag to be rewritten.