Re: [PATCH v7 4/6] object-name: show date for ambiguous tag objects

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jan 14, 2022, 19:04 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq4k66cf50.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <220114.865yqmtt9z.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com>

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:

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> I still think the trade-off of not doing that discussed in the commit
> message is better, i.e. (to quote upthread):
>     
>     We could detect that and emit a "%s [bad tag object]" message (to go
>     with the existing generic "%s [bad object]"), but I don't think it's
>     worth the effort. Users are unlikely to ever run into cases where
>     they've got a broken object that's also ambiguous, and in case they do
>     output that's a bit nonsensical beats wasting translator time on this
>     obscure edge case.

Writing the above (and quoting it again to make me respond to it) have already wasted a lot more time than a better solution that does not lead to a misleading output, especially given that it was given for free to you already.