From: Jon Smirl Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 01:57:34 GMT Subject: Re: syntax for checking out specific tag on a remote Message-ID: <9e4733910708111857h1ec88ed2t513064e3661ef49b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9e4733910708111850v6e9669c3i536fba49f63d0f10@mail.gmail.com> On 8/11/07, Jon Smirl wrote: > On 8/11/07, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > "Jon Smirl" 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. -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl@gmail.com