The warning about commits is only for Git repositories

haskell · May 5, 2024 · f530e24 · f530e24
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@@ -306,11 +306,12 @@ picked up from the source code repository instead of from Hackage.
 
 .. Warning::
 
-   Only a commit hash pins to an exact version of the *source code*.
+   Only a commit hash pins to an exact version of the *source code* for Git
+   respositories.
 
-   - If the ``tag`` field is omitted, the latest commit on the default branch is used.
-   - If the ``tag`` field is a branch name then the latest commit on that branch is used.
-   - If the ``tag`` field is a VCS tag then the current commit that tag points to is used.
+   - If the ``tag`` field is omitted then the latest commit on the Git default branch is used.
+   - If the ``tag`` field is a Git branch name then the latest commit on that branch is used.
+   - If the ``tag`` field is a Git tag then the current commit that tag points to is used.
 
 
 *Source code* as a package publisher