Elijah Newren <newren@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 2:40 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> ... >> +The `<refname>` is prefixed with `refs/tags/` when stored >> in Git, so importing the CVS branch symbol `RELENG-1_0-FINAL` would >> -use just `RELENG-1_0-FINAL` for `<name>`, and fast-import will write the >> +use just `RELENG-1_0-FINAL` for `<refname>`, and fast-import will write the >> corresponding ref as `refs/tags/RELENG-1_0-FINAL`. > > Going on a slight tangent since you didn't introduce this, but since > you're modifying this exact documentation... > > I hate the assumed "refs/tags/" prefix. Especially since ... > ... The special casing reminds me of the ref-updated hook in > gerrit Gerrit and fast-import? What is common is Shawn, perhaps ;-)? > broken given the fact that the name inside the tag didn't match the > name of the actual ref. (To be honest, though, I was never sure why > the name of the tag was recorded inside the tag itself.) The name of the tag and the name of the object has to be together for a signature over it to have any meaning, no?
