From: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] git-tag(1): Refer to git-check-ref-format(1) for <name>
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:20:32 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8763d2klen.fsf@jondo.cante.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7veirs6qxn.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:20:20 -0700")
Explain briefly what characters are prohibited in tag <name>
and point to git-check-ref-format(1) manual page for
further information.
Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
---
Documentation/git-tag.txt | 5 ++++-
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index fa73321..1118ce2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Adds a 'tag' reference in `.git/refs/tags/`
+
+Adds a 'tag' reference in `.git/refs/tags/`. The tag <name> must pass
+linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1] which basicly means that control characters,
+space, ~, ^, :, ?, *, [ and \ are prohibited.
Unless `-f` is given, the tag must not yet exist in
`.git/refs/tags/` directory.
--
1.6.3.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-08-05 21:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-08-03 18:20 [PATCH] git-tag(1): Refer to git-check-ref-format(1) for <name> Jari Aalto
2009-08-04 6:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-08-05 21:20 ` Jari Aalto [this message]
2009-08-22 0:45 ` Nanako Shiraishi
2009-08-25 8:21 ` Nanako Shiraishi
2009-08-25 20:37 ` Junio C Hamano
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