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=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, T_DKIM_INVALID 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 032951F42D for ; Thu, 24 May 2018 14:48:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S970567AbeEXOsQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 May 2018 10:48:16 -0400 Received: from cpanel4.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.9]:49626 "EHLO cpanel4.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965555AbeEXOsP (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 May 2018 10:48:15 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=crashcourse.ca; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Subject: To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=NDqb4ante4WBCa1wftmulWtLADZxWTWguYGyvhuKyVE=; b=qpsiG5NfGarA207uCTgeWbcXtk S/u41zPY9D5cLAkjZq+aTzS/96pd3y24MDrup7hxR6/Uup3rCYe4lxrsmGzrn2lQQqTce7BmHH1nM LYdodMTmsNQstZ0PFkYtRzu5edP4po9jyWeKK0s6JQiydgCfJC7vNjUGvG4wyldshYpBJzR6A+28L MNWC9QEk/rQ5VgIWMPI8Y2if0HRiCulbeW2uTsOTmQsAb3hGxwqh1a/DV/0XjSmM7m/pZDUOyoaND mW7lU7L82dfEdE1CdAxXe7Adz1MprCjcDsKv6FIjs6sniADvybwifbJJvvHgs1X8vmer6hBfhWJeM kb768XoQ==; Received: from cpeac202e043973-cmac202e043970.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.112.22.87]:21281 helo=localhost.localdomain) by cpanel4.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.91) (envelope-from ) id 1fLrXI-00HFIG-9H for git@vger.kernel.org; Thu, 24 May 2018 10:48:13 -0400 Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 10:46:18 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Git Mailing list Subject: "man git-tag" inconsistent about whether you can tag non-commit objects Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LFD 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel4.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel4.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel4.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org embarrassed to admit i had no idea that you could tag non-commit objects, only realized that when i was reading the man page and saw: SYNOPSIS git tag [-a | -s | -u ] [-f] [-m | -F ] [-e] [ | ] ^^^^^^^^ so i tried it and, sure enough, i could tag a blob object. but if you read further into DESCRIPTION, about halfway through, you read: "Otherwise just a tag reference for the SHA-1 object name of the commit object is created (i.e. a lightweight tag)." ^^^^^^ which suggests only commit objects. finally, much further down, under OPTIONS: ", The object that the new tag will refer to, usually a commit. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ so to clean this up, is it sufficient to just change that middle line to say "object" rather than "commit object"? or is there more in the man page that needs tweaking? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca/dokuwiki Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================