# Cogito: cg-tag creates a tag object only if -s is specified

2 messages from 2005-09-26 to 2005-09-26. Participants: H. Peter Anvin, Petr Baudis.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/1954

## H. Peter Anvin, 2005-09-26 23:36

Subject: Cogito: cg-tag creates a tag object only if -s is specified
Message-ID: <433885E1.8010800@zytor.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/433885E1.8010800%40zytor.com

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cg-tag only creates a tag object if -s (sign) is specified.  This not 
only doesn't work properly with a fair number of tools (e.g. gitk), but 
it also means that any description the user has entered via the -d 
option is silently discarded!

Please create a tag object for all tags, even if it is not signed.

	-hpa

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## Petr Baudis, 2005-09-26 23:54

Subject: Re: Cogito: cg-tag creates a tag object only if -s is specified
Message-ID: <20050926235416.GH26340@pasky.or.cz>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20050926235416.GH26340%40pasky.or.cz
In-Reply-To: <433885E1.8010800@zytor.com>

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Dear diary, on Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 01:36:01AM CEST, I got a letter
where "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> told me that...
> cg-tag only creates a tag object if -s (sign) is specified.  This not 
> only doesn't work properly with a fair number of tools (e.g. gitk), but 
> it also means that any description the user has entered via the -d 
> option is silently discarded!
> 
> Please create a tag object for all tags, even if it is not signed.

Yes, makes sense. In the past it seemed like a nice idea to only create
it when we have to, but it has way too many downsides and if you still
have a plausible reason not to want the tag objects, you're special
enough to fallback to the lowlevel tools.

cg-tag now always creates tag objects.

Thanks for the feedback,

-- 
				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
Stuff: http://pasky.or.cz/
VI has two modes: the one in which it beeps and the one in which
it doesn't.

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