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Re: syntax for checking out specific tag on a remote

From
Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 12, 2007, 01:57 UTC
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On 8/11/07, Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 8/11/07, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> > "Jon Smirl" <jonsmirl@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > > What's the syntax for checking out a specific tag on a remote?
> >
> > This depends on where you stored the tags you obtained from the
> > remote.  By default, "git fetch --tags" would store the tags in
> > a flat namespace; there is no "remote tag" namespace.
>
> I've been storing unrelated trees in the same git db. It never
> occurred to me that there was a single tag name space. So if two of my
> remotes both make a tag TEST then last one fetched will win? Are
> "remote tag" namespaces planned for the future?

This seems inconsistent to me. Remote heads have their own namespace but remote tags don't.

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Jon Smirl
jonsmirl@gmail.com
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