just noticed in "man git-tag": 1) "-a" explicitly claims to create an unsigned tag 2) both "-s" and "-u" both claim to create signed tags should that mean that it should be an error to try to use "-a" in combination with either of "-u" or "-s"? the synopsis does suggest that you can use only one of those at a time: git tag [-a | -s | -u <keyid>] ... but i tested with (from memory) using both "-a" and "-s", and tag actually tried to do it, but failed simply because i had no key. clearly, though, it was making the attempt. can someone clarify this? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================