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Re: git fetch with refspec does not include tags?

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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Aug 20, 2017, 07:50 UTC
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On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 03:47:28AM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
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> Yeah, I don't think we want to go back to the original behavior. I agree
> that it is partially to blame for the inconsistency that started this
> thread, but I think on balance it has saved much more confusion than it
> has started. And we can address that inconsistency with better tag rules
> (like the "autofollow if we wrote any real refs" thing).
> 
> I don't have a patch for that yet, so if anybody feels like taking a
> look, it would be much appreciated.
Also: I don't think we've seen a patch yet for documenting the current
auto-follow behavior.  Even if we don't make a behavior change, let's
not forget to improve that, which should be much less work. :)
-Peff
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  4. Jeff KingAug 17, 2017
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  7. Kevin DaudtAug 17, 2017
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