Re: git-pull and tag objects

> On Sat, 10 Feb 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> 
>> Although it is correct that the people who already saw the
>> original tag would not lose the tag object from their repository
>> when you publish a replacement tag, we have _always_ overwritten
>> the refs/tags/$tag to point at the new one, effectively losing
>> the original.
>> 
>> * 0a623e7c (Jul 5, 2005)
>> In this version "git fetch $repo tag v2.6.13" would have done just
>> 
>> 	echo "$head" >"$GIT_DIR/$destination"
>> 
>> without checking if it already existed.
>
> Yes, but only if you actually explicitly asked for it, methinks.
>
> If you just do a "git pull", it won't do it.
>
> So I think it's ok.