I shortened the commit message. Since we already have this feature for other sub-commands I guess I don't have to explain what version semantics are. Have to say I'm a bit confused about 'git send-mail'. This time I tried git send-email --subject-prefix="PATCH v4" --in-reply-to='20180402005248.52418-1-haraldnordgren@xxxxxxxxx' --compose -1 ...and the supplied 'git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' on the prompt. hopefully everyone received the latest patches. However, at least what it looks like from Gmail / Google Inbox, the discussion is now split into two threads. Hopefully the patches still make sense though. I will post replies to the original email chain after this message. On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 10:12 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Subject: Re: [PATCH] ls-remote: create '--sort' option > > It would be more helpful to mark as [PATCH v2] a rerolled patch like > this. > >> Create a '--sort' option for ls-remote. This is useful e.g. for the Go >> repository after the release of version 1.10, where by default v1.10 is >> sorted before v1.2. See: >> >> $ git ls-remote -t https://go.googlesource.com/go > > Does this sample command line also need updating for the refined > design? > >> ... >> 205f850ceacfc39d1e9d76a9569416284594ce8c refs/tags/go1.1 >> d260448f6b6ac10efe4ae7f6dfe944e72bc2a676 refs/tags/go1.1.1 >> 1d6d8fca241bb611af51e265c1b5a2e9ae904702 refs/tags/go1.1.2 >> bf86aec25972f3a100c3aa58a6abcbcc35bdea49 refs/tags/go1.10 >> ac7c0ee26dda18076d5f6c151d8f920b43340ae3 refs/tags/go1.10.1 >> ... >> + git ls-remote --sort="-version:refname" --tags self >actual && >> + test_cmp expect actual >> +... >> + git ls-remote --sort="-refname" --tags self >actual && > > These both look sensible (also the variant without the dash prefix > which I omitted from the quote). > > >