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Re: git "tag" objects implemented - and a re-done commit

From
Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>
Date
Apr 27, 2005, 03:36 UTC
Message-ID
<pan.2005.04.27.03.36.51.65390@smurf.noris.de>
In-Reply-To
<Pine.LNX.4.58.0504251339020.18901@ppc970.osdl.org>
Hi, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> And if two different developers tag exactly the same object with exactly 
> the same tag-name and exactly the same signature, then they get the same 
> tag object, and that's fine. They should.

... except that they can't. I mean, the signature is done by different people at different times, so it can't well be identical.

-- 
Matthias Urlichs
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  1. Linus TorvaldsApr 25, 2005
  2. Andreas GalApr 25, 2005
  3. Linus TorvaldsApr 25, 2005
  4. Andreas GalApr 25, 2005
  5. Linus TorvaldsApr 25, 2005
  6. Linus TorvaldsApr 25, 2005
  7. SeanApr 26, 2005
  8. Ryan AndersonApr 26, 2005
  9. Matthias UrlichsApr 27, 2005
  10. Linus TorvaldsApr 27, 2005
  11. H. Peter AnvinApr 25, 2005
  12. Linus TorvaldsApr 25, 2005
  13. Petr BaudisApr 25, 2005
  14. Linus TorvaldsApr 25, 2005

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