Re: [PATCH] remote add: add a --no-tags (-n) option

> without importing the tags. Subsequent 'git fetch REMOTE' will also
> not import the tags.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Samuel Tardieu <sam@rfc1149.net>
> ---
>  Documentation/git-remote.txt |    5 ++++-
>  builtin/remote.c             |   11 ++++++++++-
>  t/t5505-remote.sh            |   36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
> index 3fc599c..9db3c35 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
> @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
>  --------
>  [verse]
>  'git remote' [-v | --verbose]
> -'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--mirror] <name> <url>
> +'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [-n] [--mirror] <name> <url>
>  'git remote rename' <old> <new>
>  'git remote rm' <name>
>  'git remote set-head' <name> (-a | -d | <branch>)
> @@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ update remote-tracking branches <name>/<branch>.
>  With `-f` option, `git fetch <name>` is run immediately after
>  the remote information is set up.
>  +
> +With `-n` option, `git fetch <name>` does not import tags from
> +the remote repository.
> ++
>  With `-t <branch>` option, instead of the default glob
>  refspec for the remote to track all branches under
>  `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/`, a refspec to track only `<branch>`
> diff --git a/builtin/remote.c b/builtin/remote.c
> index 277765b..bb5606b 100644
> --- a/builtin/remote.c
> +++ b/builtin/remote.c
> @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static int fetch_remote(const char *name)
>  
>  static int add(int argc, const char **argv)
>  {
> -	int fetch = 0, mirror = 0;
> +	int fetch = 0, mirror = 0, notags = 0;
>  	struct string_list track = { NULL, 0, 0 };
>  	const char *master = NULL;
>  	struct remote *remote;
> @@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ static int add(int argc, const char **argv)
>  
>  	struct option options[] = {
>  		OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "fetch", &fetch, "fetch the remote branches"),
> +		OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "no-tags", &notags,
> +			"do not import remote tags when fetching"),
>  		OPT_CALLBACK('t', "track", &track, "branch",
>  			"branch(es) to track", opt_parse_track),
>  		OPT_STRING('m', "master", &master, "branch", "master branch"),
> @@ -172,6 +174,13 @@ static int add(int argc, const char **argv)
>  			return 1;
>  	}
>  
> +	if (notags) {
> +		strbuf_reset(&buf);
> +		strbuf_addf(&buf, "remote.%s.tagopt", name);
> +		if (git_config_set(buf.buf, "--no-tags"))
> +			return 1;

> +	}
> +
>  	if (fetch && fetch_remote(name))
>  		return 1;
>  
> diff --git a/t/t5505-remote.sh b/t/t5505-remote.sh
> index 230c0cd..d4ed7ea 100755
> --- a/t/t5505-remote.sh
> +++ b/t/t5505-remote.sh
> @@ -320,6 +320,42 @@ test_expect_success 'add alt && prune' '
>  	 git rev-parse --verify refs/remotes/origin/side2)
>  '
>  
> +cat > test/expect << EOF
> +some-tag
> +EOF
> +
> +test_expect_success 'add with tags (default)' '
> +	(cd one &&
> +	 git tag -a -m "Some tag" some-tag) &&
> +	(mkdir add-tags &&
> +	 cd add-tags &&
> +	 git init &&
> +	 git remote add -f origin ../one &&
> +	 git tag -l some-tag > ../test/output &&
> +	 test_must_fail git config remote.origin.tagopt) &&
> +	(cd one &&
> +	 git tag -d some-tag) &&
> +	test_cmp test/expect test/output
> +'
> +
> +cat > test/expect << EOF
> +--no-tags
> +EOF
> +
> +test_expect_success 'add --no-tags' '
> +	(cd one &&
> +	 git tag -a -m "Some tag" some-tag) &&
> +	(mkdir add-no-tags &&
> +	 cd add-no-tags &&
> +	 git init &&
> +	 git remote add -f -n origin ../one &&
> +	 git tag -l some-tag > ../test/output &&
> +	 git config remote.origin.tagopt >> ../test/output) &&
> +	(cd one &&
> +	 git tag -d some-tag) &&
> +	test_cmp test/expect test/output
> +'
> +
>  cat > one/expect << EOF
>    apis/master
>    apis/side
>