From: Marc Branchaud <marcnarc@xiplink.com>
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2025 16:09:48 GMT
Subject: Re: gitk: visually indicate whether a tag exists on a remote
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On 2025-07-09 04:45, Chris Torek wrote:
> 
>   * collect information from the remote during `git fetch`
> 
> The latter would be possible by adding the concept of "remote tags" to
> Git, but this is a pretty big change (not technically difficult but
> probably controversial).

This was discussed long ago.  See:

https://lore.kernel.org/git/201011040149.47968.johan@herland.net/

and

https://lore.kernel.org/git/CA+P7+xpj+8DZ=K0pna299Mu3nsQ4+JV_JUK=WFzzAFnJN+Bkbg@mail.gmail.com/

		M.