On Tue, Aug 08, 2017 at 09:06:20AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote: > Such as v2.6.12-rc2..v2.6.13-rc3 in the Linux kernel source tree. > > Insert a fake tag header, since newer `git mktag` wont accept the input > otherwise: Hmm. Now your resulting tag will have this crufty "unknown@xxxxxxxxxxx" header baked into it, won't it? Should we instead make git-mktag more lenient (possibly with a command-line option to reduce accidental omissions)? -Peff