From: Jeff King <peff@peff•net>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
Cc: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx•de>, git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] fsck: check tag objects' headers
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 22:04:54 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140904020454.GB32310@peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqq7g1kwb39.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
On Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 04:14:34PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > The main advantage of the "tag" field is that it is machine-readable,
> > and that your verification process can check that "git verify-tag
> > v2.1.0" actually returns a tag that says "tag v2.1.0". But I do not
> > think we do that verification at all. I wonder if that is something we
> > should add support for.
>
> Yes. That essentially boils down to "refs/tags/$tag" must have "tag $tag"
> line (the reverse may not have to be true if the hierarchy is
> outside refs/tags/, though).
Exactly. But to just bring it back to the original series, I do not
think this is a thing that fsck should care about. It is something that
verify-tag should care about (but again, not unconditionally, and
probably not by default).
-Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-09-04 2:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 68+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-28 14:46 [PATCH 0/6] Improve tag checking in fsck and with transfer.fsckobjects Johannes Schindelin
2014-08-28 14:46 ` [PATCH 1/6] Refactor type_from_string() to avoid die()ing in case of errors Johannes Schindelin
2014-08-28 20:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-28 14:46 ` [PATCH 2/6] Accept object data in the fsck_object() function Johannes Schindelin
2014-08-28 20:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-29 23:10 ` Jeff King
2014-08-29 23:05 ` Jeff King
2014-08-28 14:46 ` [PATCH 3/6] Make sure fsck_commit_buffer() does not run out of the buffer Johannes Schindelin
2014-08-28 20:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-29 23:27 ` Jeff King
2014-08-28 14:46 ` [PATCH 4/6] fsck: check tag objects' headers Johannes Schindelin
2014-08-28 21:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-28 21:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-29 23:46 ` Jeff King
2014-08-31 22:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-09-03 22:29 ` Jeff King
2014-09-03 23:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-09-04 2:04 ` Jeff King [this message]
2014-08-29 23:43 ` Jeff King
2014-09-02 18:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-09-03 21:38 ` Jeff King
2014-08-28 14:46 ` [PATCH 5/6] Add regression tests for stricter tag fsck'ing Johannes Schindelin
2014-08-28 14:47 ` [PATCH 6/6] Make sure that index-pack --strict fails upon invalid tag objects Johannes Schindelin
2014-09-10 13:52 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] Improve tag checking in fsck and with transfer.fsckobjects Johannes Schindelin
2014-09-10 13:58 ` Johannes Schindelin
2014-09-10 21:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-09-10 21:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-09-11 14:20 ` Johannes Schindelin
2014-09-11 14:26 ` [PATCH v3 " Johannes Schindelin
2014-09-11 14:26 ` [PATCH v3 1/6] Refactor type_from_string() to avoid die()ing in case of errors Johannes Schindelin
2014-09-11 14:26 ` [PATCH v3 2/6] Accept object data in the fsck_object() function Johannes Schindelin
2014-09-11 14:26 ` [PATCH v3 3/6] Make sure fsck_commit_buffer() does not run out of the buffer Johannes Schindelin
2014-09-11 14:26 ` [PATCH v3 4/6] fsck: check tag objects' headers Johannes Schindelin
2014-09-11 14:26 ` [PATCH v3 5/6] Add regression tests for stricter tag fsck'ing Johannes Schindelin
2014-09-11 14:26 ` [PATCH v3 6/6] Make sure that index-pack --strict checks tag objects Johannes Schindelin
2014-09-11 17:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-09-11 21:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-09-11 21:17 ` [PATCH 0/3] hash-object --literally Junio C Hamano
2014-09-11 21:17 ` [PATCH 1/3] hash-object: reduce file-scope statics Junio C Hamano
2014-09-11 21:17 ` [PATCH 2/3] hash-object: pass 'write_object' as a flag Junio C Hamano
2014-09-11 21:17 ` [PATCH 3/3] hash-object: add --literally option Junio C Hamano
2014-09-12 8:04 ` [PATCH v3 6/6] Make sure that index-pack --strict checks tag objects Johannes Schindelin
2014-09-12 8:07 ` [PATCH v4 0/6] Improve tag checking in fsck and with transfer.fsckobjects Johannes Schindelin
2014-09-12 8:07 ` [PATCH v4 1/6] Refactor type_from_string() to avoid die()ing in case of errors Johannes Schindelin
2014-09-12 8:07 ` [PATCH v4 2/6] Accept object data in the fsck_object() function Johannes Schindelin
2014-09-12 8:07 ` [PATCH v4 3/6] Make sure fsck_commit_buffer() does not run out of the buffer Johannes Schindelin
2014-09-12 8:08 ` [PATCH v4 4/6] fsck: check tag objects' headers Johannes Schindelin
2014-09-12 8:08 ` [PATCH v4 5/6] Add regression tests for stricter tag fsck'ing Johannes Schindelin
2014-09-12 8:08 ` [PATCH v4 6/6] Make sure that index-pack --strict checks tag objects Johannes Schindelin
2014-09-12 18:02 ` [PATCH v4 0/6] Improve tag checking in fsck and with transfer.fsckobjects Junio C Hamano
2014-09-13 9:08 ` Johannes Schindelin
[not found] ` <cover.1410356761.git.johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
2014-09-10 13:52 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] Refactor type_from_string() to avoid die()ing in case of errors Johannes Schindelin
2014-09-10 13:52 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] Accept object data in the fsck_object() function Johannes Schindelin
2014-09-10 13:52 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] Make sure fsck_commit_buffer() does not run out of the buffer Johannes Schindelin
2014-09-10 17:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-09-11 11:59 ` Johannes Schindelin
2014-09-11 16:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-09-10 20:45 ` Eric Sunshine
2014-09-10 13:53 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] fsck: check tag objects' headers Johannes Schindelin
2014-09-10 17:52 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-09-10 13:53 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] Add regression tests for stricter tag fsck'ing Johannes Schindelin
2014-09-10 17:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-09-11 14:15 ` Johannes Schindelin
2014-09-10 13:53 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] Make sure that index-pack --strict fails upon invalid tag objects Johannes Schindelin
2014-09-10 21:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-09-11 14:22 ` Johannes Schindelin
2014-09-11 16:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-09-11 17:04 ` Johannes Schindelin
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