Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > 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)? That sounds sensible. Thanks for injecting a dose of sanity.