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iDev
iDev

Reputation: 2433

Understanding git tag in different namespaces

I want to create tags in different namespaces. Read up on: https://git-scm.com/docs/gitnamespaces but I am not sure, I understand it correctly. So, lets say I create a tag and push it upstream using: git -c core.quotepath=false push -v origin refs/tags/20221208_144648

Now see the tags using: git ls-remote --tags <repo_url.git> refs/tags/*

This works great.

Now, lets say I want to create a tag in a namespace:

export GIT_NAMESPACE=foo
git -c core.quotepath=false push -v origin refs/tags/20221208_144648_TEST

or

git -c core.quotepath=false push -v origin refs/namespace/foo/tags/20221208_144648_TEST

I only see the tag that I first created when I run:

git ls-remote --tags <repo_url.git> refs/tags/*

Even tried:

git ls-remote --tags <repo_url.git> refs/namespace/foo/tags/*

I am clearly missing something here. Any explanation will be appreciated.

Updating my question based on the responses below:

So here is what I tried:

  1. Created a new repo which has no tags

    $git ls-remote origin refs/tags/* $

  2. Created a tag:

    git tag 20221208_144648_TEST -m messages

  3. Set the namespace:

    export GIT_NAMESPACE=foo

  4. Pushed the ref

    git -c core.quotepath=false push -v origin refs/tags/20221208_144648_TEST

  5. List the refs

    $git ls-remote origin refs/tags/*
362cb81e90fca03c73e0d3e5ea44883c6298a598    refs/tags/20221208_144648_TEST
538a4686d9dd17c1a7d770e718d21b95507393c1    refs/tags/20221208_144648_TEST^{}

  6. Unset the namespace

    unset GIT_NAMESPACE

  7. List remote refs

    git ls-remote origin refs/tags/*
362cb81e90fca03c73e0d3e5ea44883c6298a598    refs/tags/20221208_144648_TEST
538a4686d9dd17c1a7d770e718d21b95507393c1    refs/tags/20221208_144648_TEST^{}

note: I don't see the namespace yet.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 287

Answers (2)

ElpieKay
ElpieKay

Reputation: 30888

You used --tags, so it only searches refs/tags/* for the refs that match the pattern. However, the pattern is refs/namespace/foo/tags/*. None of the tags would match the pattern. Use git ls-remote <repo_url.git> refs/namespace/foo/tags/* instead.

Upvotes: 0

lxvs
lxvs

Reputation: 1030

You missed an s in refs/namespaces (not refs/namespace), and the reference path should be refs/namespaces/foo/refs/tags/xxx not refs/namesapces/foo/tags/xxx (the refs/ before tags/ was missed), but neither are the point.

You can use either way (GIT_NAMESPACE or refs/namespaces/) to specify a namespace, but not both!

If you exported GIT_NAMESPACE=foo and then pushed an object to refs/namespaces/foo/refs/tags/, then it would actually be pushed to refs/namespaces/foo/refs/namespaces/foo/refs/tags, equivalent to namespace foo/foo.

Actually, I tried with your steps and get expected results.

Steps:

git tag 20221208_144648_TEST -m messages

export GIT_NAMESPACE=foo

git -c core.quotepath=false push -v origin refs/tags/20221208_144648_TEST

Results:

$ git ls-remote origin refs/tags/*
a750776e2ce551b597a87804424e95b90f26b391        refs/tags/20221208_144648_TEST
852d0196ca768d181bb027d0f37a0913b00bc7cf        refs/tags/20221208_144648_TEST^{}

After unset GIT_NAMESPACE:

$ git ls-remote origin refs/tags/*
a750776e2ce551b597a87804424e95b90f26b391        refs/namespaces/foo/refs/tags/20221208_144648_TEST
852d0196ca768d181bb027d0f37a0913b00bc7cf        refs/namespaces/foo/refs/tags/20221208_144648_TEST^{}

Upvotes: 2

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