[PATCH] Clarify that '--tags' fetches tags only
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Anatol Pomozov <anatol.pomozov@gmail.com>
- Date
- Sep 21, 2011, 23:52 UTC
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- <1316649176-32352-1-git-send-email-anatol.pomozov@gmail.com>
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- <1314997486-29996-1-git-send-email-anatol.pomozov@gmail.com>
'git fetch --tags' fetches tags only and leaves heads untouched. Many people are confused by the fact that 'git fetch --tags' does not fetch heads.
Signed-off-by: Anatol Pomozov <anatol.pomozov@gmail.com> --- Documentation/fetch-options.txt | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index 39d326a..37d2316 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ ifndef::git-pull[] flag lets all tags and their associated objects be downloaded. The default behavior for a remote may be specified with the remote.<name>.tagopt setting. See - linkgit:git-config[1]. + linkgit:git-config[1]. Note that if this option is specified + then only tags are fetched, refs under refs/heads/* stay unchanged. --recurse-submodules[=yes|on-demand|no]:: This option controls if and under what conditions new commits of
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