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Ticket UUID:	3cce33ff2f0a414dcb35dd6d36f48961797e037e
Title:	Help of branch new does not mention option --nosign
Status:	Closed	Type:	Documentation
Severity:	Important	Priority:	Immediate
Subsystem:	one	Resolution:	Not_A_Bug
Last Modified:	2008-07-25 11:54:48
Version Found In:	4b56350ecb
Description & Comments:
If I perform a fossil help branch Fossil do not mention, that I can pass the option `--nosign`. During creation of the branch, I was asked to pass my private key's passphrase to sign the creation. I did not want to do this and therefore interrupted the branch creation process. I tried the same command line and added a `--nosign` somewhere. This time the creation succeed without asking me for my passphrase. So I conclude that the description of the applicability of said option is lacking. But another three question: why to I have to sign the creation of a branch and not the creation of a tag? And what is the difference between fossil branch new test and fossil tag add branch sym-test And last but not least, what is the idea for a `tag`? I do not seem to be able to fossil update to a tag-marked version. drh added on 2008-07-25 11:54:48: See comment on ticket ~~bd33a464ae~~: The "branch" command seems to be an abandoned subproject of a developer who has not contributed to fossil lately. I do not know what its purpose is. I am of a mind to delete the command all together. Please take discussion to the mailing list.