Re: [PATCHv4 2/2] Documentation/clone: document ignored configuration variables

> On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 11:01 AM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
> <avarab@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 9:12 AM, SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
>>> index ec41d3d69..4f1e7d4ba 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
>>> +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
>>> @@ -186,6 +186,10 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
>>>         values are given for the same key, each value will be written to
>>>         the config file. This makes it safe, for example, to add
>>>         additional fetch refspecs to the origin remote.
>>> +       Note that due to limitations of the current implementation some
>>> +       configuration variables don't take effect during the initial
>>> +       fetch and checkout.  Configuration variables known to not take
>>> +       effect are: `remote.<name>.mirror` and `remote.<name>.tagOpt`.
>>
>> We should add to that: "Instead supply the --mirror and --no-tags
>> options, respectively".
>
> I don't think we can do that in this patch right now.  This topic
> branches off from c3808ca69 (preparing for 2.10.3, 2016-12-05), I
> assume because, as a bugfix, it will be included in maintenance
> releases for older releases, and those won't have the '--no-tags'
> option.  Perhaps as a follow-up, only on master.