- open(C,">$git_dir/refs/tags/$tag")
- or die "Cannot create tag $tag: $!\n";
- print C "$cid\n"
- or die "Cannot write tag $branch: $!\n";
+ my($in, $out) = ('','');
+ my($xtag) = $tag;
+ $xtag =~ s/\s+\*\*.*$//; # Remove stuff like ** INVALID ** and ** FUNKY **
+ $xtag =~ tr/_/\./ if ( $opt_u );
+
+ my $pid = open2($in, $out, 'git-mktag');
+ print $out "object $cid\n".
+ "type commit\n".
+ "tag $xtag\n".
+ "tagger $author <$author>\n"
+ or die "Cannot create tag object $xtag: $!\n";
+ close($out)
+ or die "Cannot create tag object $xtag: $!\n";
+
+ my $tagobj = <$in>;
+ chomp $tagobj;
+
+ if ( !close($in) or waitpid($pid, 0) != $pid or
+ $? != 0 or $tagobj !~ /^[0123456789abcdef]{40}$/ ) {
+ die "Cannot create tag object $xtag: $!\n";
+ }
+
+
+ open(C,">$git_dir/refs/tags/$xtag")
+ or die "Cannot create tag $xtag: $!\n";
+ print C "$tagobj\n"
+ or die "Cannot write tag $xtag: $!\n";