Re: Questions/investigations on git-subtree and tags

From: Jeremy Rosen <jeremy.rosen@openwide.fr>
Date: Mar 7, 2013, 11:05 UTC
Message-ID: <1938485067.193912.1362654351290.JavaMail.root@openwide.fr>
In-Reply-To: <CALeLG_=YQDrgMfOoR_GyNRexWxDqQGhFubmaYwM6pqXJuLnO6A@mail.gmail.com>

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> 
> Hi Jérémy,
> 
> Git subtree ignores tags from the remote repo.
>

is that a design decision or a case of "not implemented yet"

> To follow a project in a subdirectory I would use git-subtree add
> selecting a branch, not a tag, from the other repo. Then use
> git-subtree pull to keep yourself updated.
>

well... yes, but releases are marked by tags, not branches so what I really want is a tag.

I still use git so I have the possibility to update and can traceback what happened later

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> e.g.
> 
> To add:
> 
> git subtree add --prefix=$subdir $repo $branch
> 
> Then to update:
> 
> git subtree pull --prefix=$subdir $repo $branch
>

ok, that probably works with branches (didn't test)

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> If you make any changes on the branch and wanted to push them back
> you
> could do that with:
> 
> git subtree pull --prefix=$subdir $repo2 $branch2
> 
> $repo2 and $branch2 would be different from $repo and $branch if you
> wanted to push to your own fork before submitting a pull request.
>

shouldn't there be a subtree split somewhere ? IIUC pull is only merge from the remote to my local repo, not the other way round

> --
> Paul [W] Campbell
>