On Monday 27 August 2007 17:09, David Kastrup wrote: > Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >> Currently, git-svn imports svn tags as lightweight git tags. > > It does? I see them as branches. Oh, I thought that them being in refs/remote/tags meant they were remote tags. But yes, I had noticed them appearing with git branch -r >> I was susprised when I discovered this (from 'git describe' >> failing and some helpful assistance on the IRC channel), so >> I'm now wondering: is there a technical reason why they >> aren't converted to annotated tags? If not, would it be >> possible to implement this in git-svn, possibly with some >> way to 'fix' existing git-svn repository? > > I actually don't see how one can safely make them tags at all (rather > than branches) since Subversion does not enforce the members of a > "tags" subdirectory to remain unchanged after the initial copy. > Basically, tags are not different from branches in Subversion from > what you can do with them. Although this is technically true, I doubt there are many Subversion projects which alter the members of a tags subdirectory. So the fact that it's technically possible doesn't really mean it happens. I mean, even in git you can do some pretty dirty tag stuff. It may not be as straightforward as in svn, but still ... So yes, I still think that an option to convert svn tags to annotated tags would be appropriate. Wether or not it should be default, it's a different matter, of course. -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
