# Tags only shown on log with --decorate? 4 messages from 2010-09-09 to 2010-09-09. Participants: Carlos Eduardo da Fonseca, Jeff King. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/25055 ## Carlos Eduardo da Fonseca, 2010-09-09 17:25 Subject: Tags only shown on log with --decorate? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/AANLkTimOEQY9xJvindxuVPZotmWXZ%3DYa9088ghL--Xuf%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` Hello, I was wondering, why tags are only shown on log with --decorate, even signed tags? I have no problem in writing "--decorate", but tags, which are marks for something important, should be decorations? Thanks, ``` ## Jeff King, 2010-09-09 19:48 Subject: Re: Tags only shown on log with --decorate? Message-ID: <20100909194823.GB1146@sigill.intra.peff.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20100909194823.GB1146%40sigill.intra.peff.net In-Reply-To: ``` On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 02:25:30PM -0300, Carlos Eduardo da Fonseca wrote: > I was wondering, why tags are only shown on log with --decorate, even > signed tags? > I have no problem in writing "--decorate", but tags, which are marks > for something important, should be decorations? There are two reasons I can think of not to want to see them: 1. They take extra time to lookup (though really for most repos, I doubt it is even measurable). 2. We did not historically show them, so some people find them distracting, and the default has never been switched to "on". You can turn them on all the time with: git config --global log.decorate true -Peff ``` ## Carlos Eduardo da Fonseca, 2010-09-09 20:36 Subject: Re: Tags only shown on log with --decorate? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/AANLkTi%3Dhtz2%2BtPSNrt%2BniQPczAoTGeu2g0iWgjZoFxBb%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <20100909194823.GB1146@sigill.intra.peff.net> ``` Well, I don't see how can it distract people, but I find important to developers who clone/pull a repository to immediatly see what were the tags added and what are they relation with commits when they "git log". I wouldn't (and I think most developers also wouldn't) remember to execute "git tag" or use the "--decorate" parameter every time they clone/pull something. ``` ## Jeff King, 2010-09-09 21:14 Subject: Re: Tags only shown on log with --decorate? Message-ID: <20100909211443.GA3096@sigill.intra.peff.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20100909211443.GA3096%40sigill.intra.peff.net In-Reply-To: ``` On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 05:36:09PM -0300, Carlos Eduardo da Fonseca wrote: > Well, I don't see how can it distract people, but I find important to > developers who clone/pull a repository to immediatly see what were the > tags added and what are they relation with commits when they "git > log". > I wouldn't (and I think most developers also wouldn't) remember to > execute "git tag" or use the "--decorate" parameter every time they > clone/pull something. Right. That's why we have a config option, as I explained in my other mail. If you want to argue that the config option should default to on, submit a patch. Either it will get accepted, or it will generate lots of responses from people who disagree with you. -Peff ```