From d3d0013c59ed840520b86a65697137cb2c62819c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 22:16:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Use git-update-ref to delete a tag instead of rm()ing the ref
 file.

Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
---
 git-tag.sh | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/git-tag.sh b/git-tag.sh
index 2bde3c05f..6463b314c 100755
--- a/git-tag.sh
+++ b/git-tag.sh
@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@ do
     -d)
     	shift
 	tag_name="$1"
-	rm "$GIT_DIR/refs/tags/$tag_name" && \
-	        echo "Deleted tag $tag_name."
+	tag=$(git-show-ref --verify --hash -- "refs/tags/$tag_name") ||
+		die "Seriously, what tag are you talking about?"
+	git-update-ref -m 'tag: delete' -d "refs/tags/$tag_name" "$tag" &&
+		echo "Deleted tag $tag_name."
 	exit $?
 	;;
     -*)
-- 
2.30.2