Re: fetch <repo> <branch>:<branch> fetches tags?

From: Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil>
Date: Jan 29, 2008, 03:09 UTC
Message-ID: <479E9903.9000706@nrlssc.navy.mil>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LSU.1.00.0801290240240.23907@racer.site>

Johannes Schindelin wrote:

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> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, Brandon Casey wrote:
> 
>> Is this the intended behavior?
> 
> AFAICT yes.  Whenever you say "git fetch" without "--no-tags", it should 
> fetch those tags that reference objects that were fetched, and _only_ 
> those.

It doesn't always fetch tags only when "--no-tags" is missing. Sometimes it refrains from fetching tags even when "--no-tags" is missing.

$ mkdir test1 && cd test1 && git init && echo : > file1 && git add file1 &&
  git commit -m 'Commit1' file1 && git tag -m 'CommitTag1' tag1 && cd .. &&
  mkdir test2 && cd test2 && git init && git fetch ../test1 master &&
  git branch master FETCH_HEAD && cd ../test1 && echo -n 'Test1: ' &&
  git tag -n -l && cd ../test2 && echo -n 'Test2: ' && git tag -n -l | grep '' || echo 'NO TAGS'

Initialized empty Git repository in .git/
Created initial commit 0f701fc: Commit1
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 file1
Initialized empty Git repository in .git/
warning: no common commits
remote: Counting objects: 3, done.
remote: Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
Unpacking objects: 100% (3/3), done.
Test1: tag1            CommitTag1
Test2: NO TAGS

Notice the last two lines.

But, change that fetch to master:master and...

$ mkdir test1 && cd test1 && git init && echo : > file1 && git add file1 &&
  git commit -m 'Commit1' file1 && git tag -m 'CommitTag1' tag1 && cd .. &&
  mkdir test2 && cd test2 && git init && git fetch ../test1 master:master &&
  cd ../test1 && echo -n 'Test1: ' && git tag -n -l && cd ../test2 &&
  echo -n 'Test2: ' && git tag -n -l | grep '' || echo 'NO TAGS'

Initialized empty Git repository in .git/
Created initial commit d67022e: Commit1
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 file1
Initialized empty Git repository in .git/
warning: no common commits
remote: Counting objects: 3, done.
remote: Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
Unpacking objects: 100% (3/3), done.
From ../test1
 * [new branch]      master     -> master
remote: Counting objects: 1, done.
remote: Total 1 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
Unpacking objects: 100% (1/1), done.
From ../test1
 * [new tag]         tag1       -> tag1
Test1: tag1            CommitTag1
Test2: tag1            CommitTag1

I only get the tags if I use the colon notation.

-brandon

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> 
> Hth,
> Dscho
> 
> P.S.: What does the Navy do with git?

Manage software of course! What a silly question.

Kidding aside. I work with oceanographers.