[PATCH] Clarify that a tag can refer to a non-commit object
From: Robert P. J. Day <hidden>
Date: 2018-05-25 09:47:10
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
Reword "man git-tag" to clarify that a tag can refer directly to an arbitrary object, not just a commit object. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <redacted> ---
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index 1d17101ba..87c4288ff 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ in the tag message. If `-m <msg>` or `-F <file>` is given and `-a`, `-s`, and `-u <keyid>` are absent, `-a` is implied. -Otherwise just a tag reference for the SHA-1 object name of the commit object is -created (i.e. a lightweight tag). +Otherwise, a tag reference that points directly at the given object +(i.e., a lightweight tag) is created. A GnuPG signed tag object will be created when `-s` or `-u <keyid>` is used. When `-u <keyid>` is not used, the
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