From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 03:21:51 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2.5 2/2] tag: prevent nested tags
Message-ID: <xmqqa7gvzz5c.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20190411184031.GA20265@esm>

"Eckhard Maaß" <eckhard.s.maass@googlemail.com> writes:

> ... Wouldn't it be the more sane approach here to fail, when the old
> tag is (or as in your example will) still be referenced?

That is unworkable in the distributed world.  There may be somebody
else who has a copy of the old tag and you may end up getting that
later.