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Re: [PATCH/RFC] fetch: allow command line --tags to override config

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Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 5, 2010, 09:56 UTC
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Hi,
On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 2:56 AM, Daniel Johnson <computerdruid@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Originally, if remote.<name>.tagopt was set, the --tags and option would
> have no effect when given to git fetch. So if
> tagopt="--no-tags"
>
>        git fetch --tags
>
> would not actually fetch tags.
>
> This patch changes this behavior to only follow what is written in the
> config if there is no option passed by the command line.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Johnson <ComputerDruid@gmail.com>

This is pretty confusing as it is. Could you please provide a patch for the git-fetch documentation too?

-- 
Cheers,
Ray Chuan
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Message 2 of 12 in “fetch: allow command line --tags to override config”
  1. fetch: allow command line --tags to override configDaniel Johnson, Aug 4, 2010
  2. Tay Ray ChuanAug 5, 2010
  3. Documentation: changes in the behavior of tagoptDaniel Johnson, Aug 6, 2010
  4. Tay Ray ChuanAug 8, 2010
  5. [RFC/PATCHv2] fetch: allow command line --tags to override configDaniel Johnson, Aug 11, 2010
  6. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2010
  7. t5525: test the tagopt variable and that it can be overriddenDaniel Johnson, Aug 13, 2010
  8. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 13, 2010
  9. [RFC/PATCHv2] t5525: test the tagopt variable and that it can be overriddenDaniel Johnson, Aug 13, 2010
  10. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 13, 2010
  11. Daniel JohnsonAug 14, 2010
  12. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 14, 2010

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