Re: [git patches] libata updates, GPG signed (but see admin notes)

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:

> However - exactly beause git apparently makes it do that "Merge commit
> " message, I suspect we've peeled things too early and too much. We've
> peeled it so early that once again something thinks it's a commit, not
> a tag.

And you are right.

I am working on a larger series that should sit on top of 89587fa (Split
GPG interface into its own helper library, 2011-09-07), which is the first
commit in jc/signed-commit topic.

-- >8 --
Subject: [PATCH] merge: notice local merging of tags and keep it unwrapped

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 builtin/merge.c |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index f61b367..ce3b4f8 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -428,6 +428,11 @@ static void merge_name(const char *remote, struct strbuf *msg)
 				    sha1_to_hex(branch_head), remote);
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
+		if (!prefixcmp(found_ref, "refs/tags/")) {
+			strbuf_addf(msg, "%s\t\ttag '%s' of .\n",
+				    sha1_to_hex(branch_head), remote);
+			goto cleanup;
+		}
 		if (!prefixcmp(found_ref, "refs/remotes/")) {
 			strbuf_addf(msg, "%s\t\tremote-tracking branch '%s' of .\n",
 				    sha1_to_hex(branch_head), remote);
-- 
1.7.8.rc0.108.g71b5ec