Re: determine name of tag used for checkout when multiple tags exist?

2015-09-05 Thread Jesse Hopkins
On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 5:19 AM, John Keeping wrote: > I think it would be a reasonable enhancement to include the branch name > in the reflog message if "-b" is given to "git clone", but I'm not aware > of any (formal) policy on the format of reflog messages so relying on > any particular message

determine name of tag used for checkout when multiple tags exist?

2015-09-03 Thread Jesse Hopkins
Hello all, Looking for suggestions on how to determine the tag that was used to checkout a git repo to its associated commit, particularly in the case where multiple tags might point to the same commit. I've had a look at git-name-rev and git-describe, and both seem useful so long as there's only

git bundle vs git rev-list

2014-12-05 Thread Jesse Hopkins
Hello all – I am working to create a wrapper around git bundle to synchronize of git repos via sneakernet from network ‘a’ to network ‘b’ transfer on a fairly frequent basis (daily to weekly). Network ‘b’ has a gatekeeper who is persnickety about what content might end up on his network. The