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git-fast-export doesn't support mergetag header

Subject: git-fast-export doesn't support mergetag header

## tl;dr

2 messages between Aug 1, 2017 and Aug 1, 2017.

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David Turner· Aug 1, 2017, 20:10 UTC · lore

It looks to me like git-fast-export doesn't export the mergetag header on a commit.  Is this intentional, or an oversight?

Junio C Hamano· Aug 1, 2017, 20:17 UTC · re: David Turner · lore

Re: git-fast-export doesn't support mergetag header

David Turner <David.Turner@twosigma.com> writes:

> It looks to me like git-fast-export doesn't export the mergetag
> header on a commit.  Is this intentional, or an oversight?

Most likely the latter, combined with that probably not many people use the tool with histories with merges in them (hence not reported as a bug so far).

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