Re: [PATCH] Clarify that '--tags' fetches tags only
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 02:01, Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 00:49, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> --tags is merely a short-hand for "refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*")
>> explicitly from the command line
>
> [Disclaimer: I don't know the code or the semantics]
>
> Why not just use that explanation?
>
> This option is merely a short-hand for writing
> the refspec `refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*'; consequently,
> using this option overrides any default refspec that
> would be used if no refspec were provided on the
> command line. That is,
>
> git fetch --tags origin frotz
>
> is equivalent to:
>
> git fetch origin frotz 'refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*'
>
> In fact, if the command line parsing performed by `git fetch'
> is reasonably intelligent, then it might be worthwhile
> to relocate `--tags' in the example:
>
> That is,
>
> git fetch origin frotz --tags
>
> is equivalent to:
>
> git fetch origin frotz 'refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*'
>
Maybe this is less confusing for the example:
That is,
git fetch origin --tags
git fetch origin frotz --tags bar are equivalent to:
git fetch origin 'refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*'
git fetch origin frotz 'refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*' barMichael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>