Bazaar Git Plugin

(d)push tags

Asked by ChriS

It seems that bzr-git does not push tags. I'd like to know if/when it is planned to be supported by bzr-git.
My main motivation is that tags are used by github—on which I collaborate with git fans on several projects—to release tarballs,

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Jelmer Vernooij (jelmer) said : 		#1

I've linked the relevant bug report.

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ChriS (christophe-troestler) said : 		#2

Thanks. The bug is currently "Unassigned". Does it mean nobody is working on it?

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Jelmer Vernooij (jelmer) said : 		#3

Yes, nobody is actively working on it at the moment. If you're interested in hacking on it, we should be able to provide some guidance.

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ChriS (christophe-troestler) said : 		#4

I have very little time but could you at least provide some pointers to the relevant material so I can judge how much time it would take (and learn the perquisites at my own speed).

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Jelmer Vernooij (jelmer) said : 		#5

On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 11:11:16PM -0000, ChriS wrote:
> Question #206703 on Bazaar Git Plugin changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/bzr-git/+question/206703
>
> ChriS posted a new comment:
> I have very little time but could you at least provide some pointers to
> the relevant material so I can judge how much time it would take (and
> learn the perquisites at my own speed).

Actually, it is possible to fetch tags (just remembered now looking at
the code). Set "branch.fetch_tags=True" in the configuration. Fetching
these tags also implies fetching all data associated with them, which
can be quite a lot in large, diverged, repositories. This is why that
option is disable by default.

Ideally bzr-git should only be fetching those tags that are related to
the branch that's being fetched. See the FIXME in branch.py:1031

Cheers,

Jelmer

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ChriS (christophe-troestler) said : 		#6

Despite its name, it pushes tags too! Very cool!

Thanks for the description about the possible issue.