From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A06F1FAE2 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2018 09:07:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752192AbeCMJHS (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Mar 2018 05:07:18 -0400 Received: from mail-wr0-f171.google.com ([209.85.128.171]:38960 "EHLO mail-wr0-f171.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751957AbeCMJHR (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Mar 2018 05:07:17 -0400 Received: by mail-wr0-f171.google.com with SMTP id k3so893141wrg.6 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2018 02:07:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:user-agent:in-reply-to:date :message-id:mime-version; bh=BLyhFVEJ5V3b1PsC5NpSCo1ZUmKltqzT7ZGtOwi+tbY=; b=Ph+JWOmSMkak/seDO9QNwvs0sJwmBRKfXEbnrT7uxG3btOGrMKWM3Ysm+mNGSd2oWr 2oI3U6L0QF4977RPwfKYvU06erXgBxFmBYT9cB6NmBDErJcvG4W+pbok613gYez+Xwh4 otAxE6U9TVpoaW/qXmLxIMvEiib8C7LwTeXRkOgNWldjLCpASR7w9GpEWNwLfL2RqzOT tpRiPAtrati6FHZPIOjTH9VOOBc6RdWmIJ6mWnwHJMwNjqvtL2sFNly9EZF9bWdGKuAv 1P7vxR3CXZ4c3mv4Q9Amn/vmdlCzVNGURmZEXHPLwyugsSPWCTag8bI2FqvyhDWsZhKS Kluw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:user-agent :in-reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=BLyhFVEJ5V3b1PsC5NpSCo1ZUmKltqzT7ZGtOwi+tbY=; b=R+jTMLl/RaefKp8eGZpgeSp1mJ+UjMTPVEtccANUHxA9IcfL2K9fb+wg6EkwlH5J8e 3R8p99XFcgEQborZAGBt1Y31CQptWLJiX27hSOHcCWDrNLVfn33pUGk70AURtvFitKfj tXTEqyAOVTXVTFy1FGpyYTMh3GhIu4/L0e3rrL/mmQA2aMgYCxY/HnZUbq/3RMSLUIOz fjJeSInZya7zeQl0q4qOlrNAYLIzkDYIo6qLiV2uqthZPG+4T9LhrlwvOatHpED0H/se lspI7amJ38Wu0Vah0lLsLN/QC5w6t/cXSaIs5CVN+hiL32Wo2vhX0A/3jS8Ib33822iL gRfg== X-Gm-Message-State: AElRT7FVKrsXkiQ47MhOKomTnLrOY7i+UFj4kOfI+B6Oh4KrqRtHkaI0 tHyWHkO+XR4vK9cuVnmcGntKUvnZ X-Google-Smtp-Source: AG47ELu/lqZxfgVtP6kB73YaqvrIyk6srcR1FQMxCqzk2T3zOTrL1BnBv79Xira11w3IdJzghgaAIg== X-Received: by 10.80.244.4 with SMTP id r4mr90470edm.2.1520932036244; Tue, 13 Mar 2018 02:07:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from evledraar (proxy-gw-a.booking.com. [5.57.21.8]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id t23sm32724edb.54.2018.03.13.02.07.13 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Tue, 13 Mar 2018 02:07:13 -0700 (PDT) From: =?utf-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsA==?= Bjarmason To: Michal Novotny Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: allow "~" to be present in a tag name References: User-agent: Debian GNU/Linux 9.3 (stretch); Emacs 25.1.1; mu4e 1.1.0 In-reply-to: Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 10:07:13 +0100 Message-ID: <873714qr7i.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Mar 13 2018, Michal Novotny jotted: > Hello, > > currently, if I try to create a tag that has tilde "~" in name, an > error is raised. E.g. > > $ git tag rpkg-util-1.4~rc1 > fatal: 'rpkg-util-1.4~rc1' is not a valid tag name. > > Now, actually it would be very cool if tilde was allowed in a tag name > because we would like to use it for tagging pre-releases of (not-only > rpm) packages. > > Is there some deep technical reason why tilde cannot be present in a > tag name? I tried that e.g. Yes, because a trailing tilde is part of git's rev syntax, see "man git-rev-parse", or try in any repo: git show HEAD git show HEAD~2 git show HEAD^~2 etc. Although I guess git could learn to disambiguate that form from the tag you're trying to create. > git tag rpkg-util-1.4%rc1 > > but percentage sign does not seem to be particular fitting for > pre-release marking. > > Thank you > clime