Re: [RFC] just an (stupid) idea when creating a new branch

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Hi,

On Sun, 9 Jul 2006, Marco Costalba wrote:

> It is possible to add a message (and more) to a tag creating a tag
> object. FWIK this is not allowed for the other refs.
> 
> Why there is this (artifical?) difference between tags and the other
> kind of refs?

The tag message is nothing else than a commit message. The 
(artificial-but-on-purpose) difference is that you are not supposed to 
change a tag ref, whereas a regular ref pointing to a commit is _expected_ 
to point to some other commit in the future.

Ciao,
Dscho

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