@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def _set_cache_(self, attr):
 
 			self.tag = lines[2][4:]	 # tag <tag name>
 
-			tagger_info = lines[3][7:]# tagger <actor> <date>
+			tagger_info = lines[3]# tagger <actor> <date>
 			self.tagger, self.tagged_date, self.tagger_tz_offset = parse_actor_and_date(tagger_info)
 
 			# line 4 empty - it could mark the beginning of the next header
 
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ def test_tag_base(self):
 		# END for tag in repo-tags
 		assert tag_object_refs
 		assert isinstance(self.rorepo.tags['0.1.5'], TagReference)
+
+
+	def test_tags_author(self):
+		tag = self.rorepo.tags[0]
+		tagobj = tag.tag
+		assert isinstance( tagobj.tagger, Actor )
+		tagger_name = tagobj.tagger.name
+		assert tagger_name == 'Michael Trier'
+
+
 
 	def test_tags(self):
 		# tag refs can point to tag objects or to commits