# [BUG] git reflog on a tag tries to do something unexpected 2 messages from 2013-04-19 to 2013-04-19. Participants: Yann Dirson, Duy Nguyen. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/33543 ## Yann Dirson, 2013-04-19 07:08 Subject: [BUG] git reflog on a tag tries to do something unexpected Message-ID: <20130419090819.40f7c071@chalon.bertin.fr> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20130419090819.40f7c071%40chalon.bertin.fr ``` git reflog, when applied to a tag, should surely bail out saying there is reflog for the requested reference. However, instead it spits out a single line of abbreviated sha1's of an ancestry walk: $ git reflog --decorate v1.8.2.1 5bda18c (tag: v1.8.2.1) 6466fbb 2137ce0 (tag: v1.8.1.6) 4bbb830 0e9b327 ... -- Yann Dirson - Bertin Technologies ``` ## Duy Nguyen, 2013-04-19 11:31 Subject: Re: [BUG] git reflog on a tag tries to do something unexpected Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CACsJy8BfgQXVQpNNUfqY0-0srpm1Lq8rHyB4gFkZ10UJ%2BYii5Q%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <20130419090819.40f7c071@chalon.bertin.fr> ``` On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Yann Dirson wrote: > git reflog, when applied to a tag, should surely bail out saying there is reflog > for the requested reference. However, instead it spits out a single line of > abbreviated sha1's of an ancestry walk: > > $ git reflog --decorate v1.8.2.1 > 5bda18c (tag: v1.8.2.1) 6466fbb 2137ce0 (tag: v1.8.1.6) 4bbb830 0e9b327 ... Also "git reflog --decorate origin/master^{}" should have bailed out instead of printing nothing. -- Duy ```