I recommend a pristine clone, for instance
```bash
@debian:~/Desktop/again_groff$ git clone
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/groff.git
Cloning into 'groff'...
remote: Counting objects: 111617, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (21598/21598), done.
remote: Total 111617 (delta 90831), reused 110274 (delta 89734)
Receiving objects: 100% (111617/111617), 33.17 MiB | 9.59 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (90831/90831), done.
@debian:~/Desktop/again_groff$ cd groff/
@debian:~/Desktop/again_groff/groff$ git log -1 --oneline
9c4e2c8c6 (HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD) [troff]: Fix Savannah
#68132.
@debian:~/Desktop/again_groff$
@debian:~/Desktop/again_groff/groff$ git tag --list | grep "1.24"
1.24.0
1.24.0.rc1
1.24.0.rc2
1.24.0.rc3
1.24.0.rc4
@debian:~/Desktop/again_groff/groff$
@debian:~/Desktop/again_groff/groff$ git show 6b1576f
commit 6b1576f6883e92c8a0f91ac0d1f350f399837bf0 (tag: 1.24.0)
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
Date: Sat Feb 28 09:47:23 2026 -0600
FOR-RELEASE: Update procedures some more.
diff --git a/FOR-RELEASE b/FOR-RELEASE
index 8f4205d34..832e00ab5 100644
--- a/FOR-RELEASE
+++ b/FOR-RELEASE
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ Before Release
signed tag to the repository.
[...]
```
In addition, tag `1.24.0` is visible to `gitk` of git (version 2.51.0) packaged
to Linux Debian 14/forky (present day branch testing). Gitg (version 44, stub
tags) and giggle (version 07, tab history), or a test import into GitHub
equally see this, too.
However, the tag is not always visible to the CLI, e.g.
```bash
@debian:~/Desktop/again_groff/groff$ git log --oneline 6b1576f
6b1576f68 (tag: 1.24.0) FOR-RELEASE: Update procedures some more.
a7e861fc6 doc/webpage.ms: Record release information.
2a893933c FOR-RELEASE: Fix style nits.
[...]
```
vs
```bash
@debian:~/Desktop/again_groff/groff$ git log --oneline 6b1576f | head
6b1576f68 FOR-RELEASE: Update procedures some more.
a7e861fc6 doc/webpage.ms: Record release information.
2a893933c FOR-RELEASE: Fix style nits.
[...]
```
Regards,
Norwid
