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=-3.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham 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 309E11FAE2 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2018 08:11:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752186AbeCMILv (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Mar 2018 04:11:51 -0400 Received: from mail-qk0-f182.google.com ([209.85.220.182]:41695 "EHLO mail-qk0-f182.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751769AbeCMILv (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Mar 2018 04:11:51 -0400 Received: by mail-qk0-f182.google.com with SMTP id s78so4858928qkl.8 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2018 01:11:50 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=Zgzr1NrFJJgHsO0/Q/O/vr/XLkeHPCpKfxgWPxD6bGw=; b=fdS8k4rUiXynJTPib2e6fSvFNCy+CcF++QbM+CvResfJ1YWIOxZUGINJEijKD9VNt+ bz4sykoMrtdPjdQdevd0cZV0D+eS8aTnho5JQnnciJq9H4pNgp8ggn3aQalLOo6Yjl6r YdoFkmTuVmZm3sWT/5L5sB686HgOhiRxBdQ2JMJZ3kH/68pwa13WaYbtfI8adCxexEgZ OaE8LtoFOyWqd6Rf+y9vCU9R1rdt+aD06KVic1jcuVkW3oFchRJXswcLKsvGNSasS6dP 3VGbBk+QF+/4PPqF1V7DhyzfwFXGhJmfZaeZQZNJa/nnrVgljhQhNx3y+Fk1PvK6hHN6 L4fg== X-Gm-Message-State: AElRT7EGo5PqF1ViCTMvMjWyJHbefnXM/9rZPmCbhGuxqjxdR9N/U/5h drMsTCNGh7wH/jOXUDKiySARFtiB+EpEnqFprGwegZ0R X-Google-Smtp-Source: AG47ELtwJfYPuocCtW7U21X/yiNTCFxBolHxKDzAzRC9/H3tgCtc3/x8w38kJZKj7ELF1NqRj7sYo1TrJ/ugXCfi38Q= X-Received: by 10.55.20.149 with SMTP id 21mr15501707qku.66.1520928710152; Tue, 13 Mar 2018 01:11:50 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.200.42.235 with HTTP; Tue, 13 Mar 2018 01:11:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Michal Novotny Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 09:11:49 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: allow "~" to be present in a tag name To: git@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org 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. git tag rpkg-util-1.4%rc1 but percentage sign does not seem to be particular fitting for pre-release marking. Thank you clime