Why not using the latest tag as default ? - #935
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Signed-off-by: mohammed <mohammed18200118@gmail.com>
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This PR improves the default behavior when no tag is specified in image references by defaulting to the "latest" tag instead of an empty string. This addresses a user experience issue where pushing images without specifying a tag resulted in unclear error messages.
- Updates the reference parsing logic to default to "latest" tag when no tag is provided
- Updates corresponding test cases to reflect the new default behavior
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| File | Description |
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| pkg/lib/repo/util/reference.go | Adds default "latest" tag assignment when no tag or digest is specified |
| pkg/lib/repo/util/reference_test.go | Updates test expectations to use "latest" tag for references without explicit tags |
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I think this is a good idea, considering how many users I've seen run into the same issue.
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This reverts commit e0d4ced. Signed-off-by: Angel Misevski <amisevsk@gmail.com>
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I tried pushing an image, and I didn't specify the tag and I got that error (which wasn't clear to me)
[ERROR] Failed to push: failed to copy to remote: failed to perform "Resolve" on source: missing reference.maybe it's a skill issue for me, but I didn't know reference means tag here until I looked inside the code