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On 14/5/2009 17:37, Matthias Andree wrote:
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> #2: related: git tag -d cannot reliably delete tag objects
>
> Same here: if another tag object references the tag object I'm deleting,
> we only delete the ref, but not the tag object.

> It doesn't (cannot)  become dangling.

This show you have no idea how git works internally.

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