On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 06:08:10AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > 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? I think the documentation could be a little more clear. "-a" just asks to create a tag object, rather than a "lightweight" tag. Using "-s" asks for a signature, which requires having a tag object, and thus implies "-a". So there's no point in using the two together (since "-s" already implies "-a"), but it also doesn't hurt to do so. -Peff
