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Re: [PATCH] git show <tag>: show the tagger

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 18, 2007, 21:33 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> > For commit objects, the Author is shown, so do the equivalent for
> > tag objects, too.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
> > ---
> >
> > 	I know, it's feature freeze period.  But this is arguably a 
> > 	usability bug.
> 
> I'll wait for people to argue this fixes a usability bug, then.

IMHO the fact that currently "git show <tag>" _doesn't_ show author and date of tag is a (usability) bug.

Fortunately "git cat-file -p <tag>" (or "git cat <tag>" with my current alias) works, and dos show date in human-readable form.

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Jakub Narebski
Poland
ShadeHawk on #git
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  1. git show <tag>: show the taggerJohannes Schindelin, Dec 18, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2007
  3. Jakub NarebskiDec 18, 2007
  4. Andreas EricssonDec 19, 2007

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