From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Yann Droneaud <yann@droneaud.fr>
Cc: Git <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: git merge <tag> behavior
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:46:16 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7vwqt1ewp3.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1363803172.6289.49.camel@test.quest-ce.net> (Yann Droneaud's message of "Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:12:52 +0100")
Yann Droneaud <yann@droneaud.fr> writes:
> But but do not take those remarks as a feature request.
> I was just asking for clarification/comment on the behavior difference
> between merging tag/tag object-id.
If you are asking why things are as they are, the answer is simply
because "git merge $(git rev-parse v1.2.3)" was not even considered
while adding the support to pull signed tags.
We did find the use case for "git merge v1.2.3" interesting and
important enough to give it a proper support with defined semantics.
"git merge $(git rev-parse v1.2.3)" may behave differently but it
was not because we found the use case for it important and designed
a behaviour that is different from merging the tag by name that
suits that use case.
It is just we didn't even think giving the bare object name to name
an annotated or signed tag on the command line is interesting, and
the command does whatever the implementation happens to do to such
an input.
I think I sent out a "how about this" patch. Have you tried it?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-03-20 18:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-03-19 14:55 git merge <tag> behavior Yann Droneaud
2013-03-19 16:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-03-19 17:54 ` Re* " Junio C Hamano
2013-04-01 19:57 ` [PATCH 0/3] Merging an annotated tag object Junio C Hamano
2013-04-01 19:57 ` [PATCH 1/3] merge: a random object may not necssarily be a commit Junio C Hamano
2013-04-01 22:51 ` Yann Droneaud
2013-04-02 5:30 ` Jeff King
2013-04-02 15:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-02 15:03 ` Jeff King
2013-04-01 19:57 ` [PATCH 2/3] t6200: use test_config/test_unconfig Junio C Hamano
2013-04-01 19:57 ` [PATCH 3/3] t6200: test message for merging of an annotated tag Junio C Hamano
2013-03-20 17:53 ` [PATCH] Documentation: merging a tag is a special case Yann Droneaud
2013-03-20 18:54 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-03-20 19:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-03-21 19:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-03-21 19:56 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-03-21 20:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-03-21 20:39 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-03-21 21:47 ` Yann Droneaud
2013-03-21 21:57 ` [PATCH v2] " Yann Droneaud
2013-03-21 22:41 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-03-20 18:04 ` git merge <tag> behavior Yann Droneaud
2013-03-20 18:12 ` Yann Droneaud
2013-03-20 18:46 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2013-03-21 20:31 ` Max Nanasy
2013-03-22 9:16 ` Yann Droneaud
2013-03-22 10:09 ` [PATCH] t7600: test merge configuration override Yann Droneaud
2013-03-22 14:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-03-24 21:05 ` [PATCH 00/15] Use test_config Yann Droneaud
2013-03-24 21:06 ` [PATCH 01/15] t4018: remove test_config implementation Yann Droneaud
2013-03-24 21:06 ` [PATCH 02/15] t7810: " Yann Droneaud
2013-03-24 21:06 ` [PATCH 03/15] t7811: " Yann Droneaud
2013-03-24 21:06 ` [PATCH 04/15] t3400: use test_config to set/unset git config variables Yann Droneaud
2013-03-24 21:06 ` [PATCH 05/15] t4304: " Yann Droneaud
2013-03-24 21:06 ` [PATCH 06/15] t4034: use test_config/test_unconfig " Yann Droneaud
2013-03-24 21:06 ` [PATCH 07/15] t4202: " Yann Droneaud
2013-03-24 21:06 ` [PATCH 08/15] t5520: use test_config " Yann Droneaud
2013-03-24 21:06 ` [PATCH 09/15] t5541: " Yann Droneaud
2013-03-24 21:06 ` [PATCH 10/15] t7500: " Yann Droneaud
2013-03-24 21:06 ` [PATCH 11/15] t7502: " Yann Droneaud
2013-03-24 21:06 ` [PATCH 12/15] t7508: " Yann Droneaud
2013-03-24 21:06 ` [PATCH 13/15] t7600: " Yann Droneaud
2013-03-24 21:06 ` [PATCH 14/15] t9500: " Yann Droneaud
2013-03-24 21:06 ` [PATCH 15/15] t7502: remove clear_config Yann Droneaud
2013-03-27 15:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-03-27 15:05 ` [PATCH 00/15] Use test_config Junio C Hamano
2013-03-27 16:19 ` Yann Droneaud
2013-03-22 15:23 ` git merge <tag> behavior Junio C Hamano
2013-03-22 10:57 ` [PATCH] t7600: merge tag shoud create a merge commit y
2013-03-22 14:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-03-22 14:56 ` Yann Droneaud
2013-03-22 15:05 ` Jeff King
2013-03-22 10:57 ` y
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