Re: Git tag output order is incorrect (IMHO)

On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 12:40:55PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

Andreas Schwab [off-list ref] writes:

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Rahul Bansal [off-list ref] writes:

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IMHO "git tag" is expected to show tag-list ordered by versions. 

A git tag can be anything, not related to versions at all.

Correct.

But that does not prevent somebody to add "git tag --sort=X" option
to the command, just like "git for-each-ref" has "--sort=X" option.

A while ago I started on (but did not get very far on) unifying the ref
selection code for for-each-ref, tag, and branch. It would be nice if
they all supported the same set of --contains/--points-at/--merged/--sort,
etc.

I do plan to finish it eventually, but if anyone else feels like picking
it up, I'd be glad to review patches and/or share my work-in-progress as
a starting point.

-Peff