On Wed, 2017-08-09 at 08:50 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > 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@example. > com" > > 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. Indeed. I'll add a --allow-missing-tagger option (suggestions for a snappier name accepted!) and pass it unconditionally from the filter- branch script. Ian.
