On 27.03.2012 22:52, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Mathias Weber <mweb@xxxxxx> writes: > >> On 27.03.2012 19:29, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote: >>> On 03/27/2012 06:00 PM, Mathias Weber wrote: >>>> >>>> The tag command does not support the --author option as the >>>> commit command. This adds the --author option to create >>>> annotated tags with a different author. >>> >>> Consistency is good. >> >> It would be good but during the rework of the patch I realized that for >> the tag the committer is and should be used and not the author. >> Therefore it is fine that this option isn't available. I'm sorry >> bothering you. > > I would have thought that being able to lie about "tagger " would be > equivalent to lying about --author of the commit. What am I missing? > > Not that I am enthused by the idea of having to add another option. I > would be perfectly happy if we did not add such a flag. It is just I do > not understand the reasoning behind the retraction. > Yes this was what I first though as well but isn't the tagger similar to the committer? With the --author option we change only the author of a commit and not the committer. To change the committer you have to provide the env variable GIT_COMMITTER_NAME and GIT_COMMITER_EMAIL or change the config file. I haven't found a option to change the committer. I think the tagger is about the same as the committer. It make sens to have a committer and an author for a commit and this might not even be the same person but for a tag there is only the tagger. Which is the person how makes the tag. Mathias -- 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