Re: [PATCH 1/4] Make tag names (i.e. the tag object's "tag" line) optional

On Monday 11 June 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:

Johan Herland [off-list ref] writes:

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The tag line is now optional. If not given in the tag object data, it
defaults to the empty string ("") in the parsed tag object.

Sorry, I may have missed the discussion.  I recall that we
talked about tagger line which may not exist for historical
reasons, but have we heard any reasoning behind this?

In the discussion that followed the first proof-of-concept of 'notes',
I argued that the "tag" header is _really_ only needed for
signed tag objects (although we want it for annotated tags as well),
and that it doesn't make sense to specify a tag name for unnamed 'note'
objects.

If the "tag" line remains mandatory, I'll have to construct an
artificial name for unnamed 'notes'...


...Johan

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