Hello, We are currently coding a minimal git client using libgit2. We use git tests to test our git client. We have an error caused by the tag format used by libgit2. The test t1006-cat-file.sh report many errors, the first one is: not ok - 23 Size of tag is correct This error comes from libgit2 and how it writes the timestamp, see below: $ cat tag && echo object 5e1c309dae7f45e0f39b1bf3ac3cd9db12e7d689 type blob tag hellotag tagger SpongeBob <spongebob.square@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 0000000000 +0000 cheeseburger $ git mktag < tag 7eade44ddd1b9ee24a44e0b2dde2561efea7f7d6 $ echo 7eade44ddd1b9ee24a44e0b2dde2561efea7f7d6 | git cat-file --batch 7eade44ddd1b9ee24a44e0b2dde2561efea7f7d6 tag 154 object 5e1c309dae7f45e0f39b1bf3ac3cd9db12e7d689 type blob tag hellotag tagger SpongeBob <spongebob.square@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 0000000000 +0000 cheeseburger And now using libgit2 : $ git2 mktag < tag 49bc784cd2071c97a14841b3eab1181dd1c8fbcd $ echo 49bc784cd2071c97a14841b3eab1181dd1c8fbcd | git cat-file --batch 49bc784cd2071c97a14841b3eab1181dd1c8fbcd tag 145 object 5e1c309dae7f45e0f39b1bf3ac3cd9db12e7d689 type blob tag hellotag tagger SpongeBob <spongebob.square@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 0 +0000 cheeseburger Both formats are accepted by git. It's reasonable to say that the test is wrong because it doesn't fit exactly with the format ? David G. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html