Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git 1.7.10-rc0

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 8, 2012, 19:55 UTC
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In-Reply-To: <CACsJy8CYTnrcAX6TNORdg=KAk4_xNupT11Uw8o8gnW6NtQtMCA@mail.gmail.com>

Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:

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> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>>  * "git clone" learned "--single-branch" option to limit cloning to a
>>   single branch (surprise!).
>
> --single-branch also limits fetching tags to minimum, I'm not sure we
> need to mention that.

Yeah, I was of two minds when I wrote it. It is obvious once you think about it, but spelling it out does not cost much, so let's do this.

 * "git clone" learned "--single-branch" option to limit cloning to a
   single branch (surprise!); tags that do not point into the history
   of the branch are not fetched.

Thanks.