Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes: > On Sat, 10 Feb 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> >> Although it is correct that the people who already saw the >> original tag would not lose the tag object from their repository >> when you publish a replacement tag, we have _always_ overwritten >> the refs/tags/$tag to point at the new one, effectively losing >> the original. >> >> * 0a623e7c (Jul 5, 2005) >> In this version "git fetch $repo tag v2.6.13" would have done just >> >> echo "$head" >"$GIT_DIR/$destination" >> >> without checking if it already existed. > > Yes, but only if you actually explicitly asked for it, methinks. > > If you just do a "git pull", it won't do it. > > So I think it's ok. Well, what you are saying is that it used to be Ok in Jul 5 2005 version but with tag following it is not Ok anymore, isn't it? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.htmlReceived on Mon Feb 12 06:21:18 2007
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