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[PATCH 1/2] docs: explain behaviour with no tagopt set

From
Kevin Daudt <me@ikke.info>
Date
Mar 3, 2015, 23:11 UTC
Message-ID
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Currently, only the behaviour when this option is set is explained, but it's unclear what happens when this option hasn't been set.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Daudt <me@ikke.info>
---
 Documentation/config.txt | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 440784c..394042a 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -2241,8 +2241,9 @@ remote.<name>.tagopt::
 	Setting this value to \--no-tags disables automatic tag following when
 	fetching from remote <name>. Setting it to \--tags will fetch every
 	tag from remote <name>, even if they are not reachable from remote
-	branch heads. Passing these flags directly to linkgit:git-fetch[1] can
-	override this setting. See options \--tags and \--no-tags of
+	branch heads. When not set, fetches only tags reachable by the
+	downloaded refs. Passing these flags directly to linkgit:git-fetch[1]
+	can override this setting. See options \--tags and \--no-tags of
 	linkgit:git-fetch[1].
 
 remote.<name>.vcs::
-- 
2.3.0
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  4. Kevin DaudtMar 4, 2015

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