Re: git fetch with refspec does not include tags?

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Aug 17, 2017, 14:22 UTC
Message-ID: <20170817142233.v2c534zh6wv7ttei@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <1502969387926.66865@arris.com>

On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 11:29:48AM +0000, Carlsson, Magnus wrote:

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> >  2. If we continue to follow the "are we storing any refs" rule for the
> >     default, possibly it should expand to "did we store anything,
> >     including opportunistic tracking-ref updates".
> 
> Personally I think that I would prefer to always fetch relevant tags.
> If I don't want tags I can simply use the "--no-tags"

I think it's a bit more complex because "git pull" uses "git fetch" under the hood. In fact, your "git fetch origin master" is exactly what gets run when you do:

  git pull origin master

That's maybe OK. But I think one-off pulls like:

  git pull https://example.com/repo.git master

probably wouldn't want it. I'd have to give it some thought.

-Peff