[PATCH 1/2] fetch: add a test for --force flag

From: Orgad Shaneh via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 15, 2026, 20:23 UTC
Message-ID: <3ef70fe673170925ccf2901a625fb458837e9fcf.1771187016.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <pull.2200.git.git.1771187016.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

From: Orgad Shaneh <orgad.shaneh@audiocodes.com>

There are two ways to force-fetch tags that have changed: either by specifying an explicit forced ref (+refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*), or by using --force.

The first approach was already tested, but the second was not. This has now been addressed.

Signed-off-by: Orgad Shaneh <orgad.shaneh@audiocodes.com>
---
 t/t5516-fetch-push.sh | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
index 29e2f17608..31df7faf56 100755
--- a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
+++ b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
@@ -1105,7 +1105,10 @@ test_force_fetch_tag () {
 			git commit -m 'file1' &&
 			git tag $tag_args testTag &&
 			test_must_fail git -C ../child1 fetch origin tag testTag &&
-			git -C ../child1 fetch origin '+refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*'
+			git -C ../child1 fetch origin '+refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*' &&
+			git tag $tag_args testTag HEAD^ &&
+			test_must_fail git -C ../child1 fetch origin tag testTag &&
+			git -C ../child1 fetch --force origin tag testTag
 		)
 	"
 }

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