[bitbake-devel] [PATCH] BB_NO_NETWORK: Fallback to local source for git lsremote

[Khem Raj]

> On Aug 8, 2016, at 9:39 AM, Olof Johansson <olof.johansson at axis.com> wrote:
> 
> On 16-08-08 08:35 -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
>> tags are floating types in git, you can not use them reliably.
> 
> This is not always true.

you are confusing how a tool is specifying its functions with process
that could emulate a different behavior. OE does not have any control
over the internal processes of its users and it should not have.

> We could choose to trust tags set
> according to our processes to not move (e.g. enforced rules that
> disallows deletion/updates of tags), and only use tags for these
> recipes, and rely on commit object ids eleswhere.
> 
> Tags are only a problem in git if people insist on
> modifying/deleting them.

Fact is, its allowed rewrite tags in git, how people use it or not
is irrelevant here.

> 
> --
> olofjn

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