On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 4:08 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> >> + else
> >> + printf("%s-0-g%s\n", n->path,
> >> + find_unique_abbrev(cmit->object.sha1, abbrev));
> >
> > Is this really that useful? Where is having the tag and the commit
> > SHA-1 both useful?
>
> I had the same question. The only place that I find this could
> be useful is when you tag, build and install, and then find
> glitches before pushing the results out and rewind, rebuild and
> re-tag. I unfortunately have this issue almost all the time.
>
> But even then, I would probably not rely on this patch.
>
This can be usefull when more than one person can make "official" tags
(or nobody), and then you have a uniqe idendifier with a descriptive
name.
Santi
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