Re: "man git-tag" inconsistent about whether you can tag non-commit objects

2018-05-25 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Fri, 25 May 2018, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "Robert P. J. Day" writes: > > > 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 ]

Re: "man git-tag" inconsistent about whether you can tag non-commit objects

2018-05-25 Thread Junio C Hamano
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason writes: >> As that sentence talks about a lightweight tag (i.e. a reference in >> refs/tags/ hierarchy that directly points at an object of any kind), >> another possibility would be to say >> >> Otherwise a tag reference that directly points at the

Re: "man git-tag" inconsistent about whether you can tag non-commit objects

2018-05-25 Thread Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
On Fri, May 25 2018, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "Robert P. J. Day" writes: > >> 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]

Re: "man git-tag" inconsistent about whether you can tag non-commit objects

2018-05-24 Thread Junio C Hamano
"Robert P. J. Day" writes: > 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] > [ | ] >

"man git-tag" inconsistent about whether you can tag non-commit objects

2018-05-24 Thread Robert P. J. Day
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