From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
To: Angelo Borsotti <angelo.borsotti@gmail.com>
Cc: git <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: git push tags
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 19:15:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <508D7628.10509@kdbg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAB9Jk9DMOwhDf3SvMzTmTZiyZg_4pgXx-evrfWkB3U4w-KqtVw@mail.gmail.com>
Am 25.10.2012 08:58, schrieb Angelo Borsotti:
> Hello,
>
> git push tag updates silently the specified tag. E.g.
>
> git init --bare release.git
> git clone release.git integrator
> cd integrator
> git branch -avv
> touch f1; git add f1; git commit -m A
> git tag v1
> git push origin tag v1
> touch f2; git add f2; git commit -m B
> git tag -f v1
> git push origin tag v1
>
> the second git push updates the tag in the remote repository. This is
> somehow counterintuitive because tags normally do not move (unless
> forced to that), and is not documented.
Tags are refs, just like branches. "Tags don't move" is just a
convention, and git doesn't even respect it (except possibly in one
place[1]). You can't reseat tags unless you use -f, which is exactly the
same with branches, which you can't reseat unless you use -f.
[1] By default, git fetch does not fetch tags that it already has.
> This is also harmful because it allows to change silently something
> (tags) that normally must not change.
You asked git push to push a tag, and the tag was pushed. What's wrong?
-- Hannes
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-28 18:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-25 6:58 git push tags Angelo Borsotti
2012-10-25 17:19 ` Drew Northup
2012-10-25 19:05 ` Angelo Borsotti
2012-10-25 21:16 ` Drew Northup
2012-10-26 6:42 ` Angelo Borsotti
2012-10-26 13:37 ` Drew Northup
2012-10-26 13:59 ` Chris Rorvick
2012-10-26 14:13 ` Drew Northup
2012-10-26 14:23 ` Chris Rorvick
2012-10-26 15:23 ` Angelo Borsotti
2012-10-26 17:42 ` Kacper Kornet
2012-10-26 18:07 ` Drew Northup
2012-10-26 18:20 ` Kacper Kornet
2012-10-26 18:35 ` Angelo Borsotti
2012-10-26 19:00 ` Kacper Kornet
2012-10-26 19:08 ` Drew Northup
2012-10-28 18:15 ` Johannes Sixt [this message]
2012-10-28 19:59 ` Chris Rorvick
2012-10-28 21:49 ` Philip Oakley
2012-10-28 23:58 ` Drew Northup
2012-10-29 2:15 ` Chris Rorvick
2012-10-29 7:13 ` Angelo Borsotti
2012-10-29 8:12 ` Angelo Borsotti
2012-10-29 9:58 ` Michael Haggerty
2012-10-29 10:38 ` Jeff King
2012-10-29 11:21 ` Drew Northup
2012-10-29 11:31 ` Angelo Borsotti
2012-10-29 11:35 ` Jeff King
2012-10-29 12:25 ` Drew Northup
2012-10-29 13:24 ` Angelo Borsotti
2012-10-29 17:23 ` Kacper Kornet
2012-10-29 21:35 ` Jeff King
2012-10-30 17:09 ` Chris Rorvick
[not found] ` <CAB9Jk9CC9wjeyggejkVjKgY2HGAFw70hJo-S0S-W-p4gnd2zug@mail.gmail.com>
2012-10-30 19:11 ` Chris Rorvick
2012-10-29 10:10 ` Kacper Kornet
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