From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Subject: fast-forwarding tags Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:36:51 +0300 Message-ID: <20130925113651.GA19023@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Sep 25 13:34:41 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VOnMc-0006Rp-Pp for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 13:34:39 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755263Ab3IYLee (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Sep 2013 07:34:34 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:1192 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755256Ab3IYLee (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Sep 2013 07:34:34 -0400 Received: from int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.12]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r8PBYYAD000443 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 07:34:34 -0400 Received: from redhat.com (vpn1-6-23.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.6.23]) by int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id r8PBYWUQ017806 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 07:34:33 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.67 on 10.5.11.12 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi! Linus favors one-time use signed tags, e.g. for_linus. Unfortunately if I push to such a tag without -f, I get an error ("already exists"). Would it make sense for there to be an option that makes it behave like a head, and allow fast-forward? -- MST