From: Linus Torvalds Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 23:25:08 GMT Subject: Re: Updated git HOWTO for kernel hackers Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20050622230905.GA7873@kroah.com> On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Greg KH wrote: > > Ok, this is annoying. Is there some reason why git doesn't pull the > tags in properly when doing a merge? Chris and I just hit this when I > pulled his 2.6.12.1 tree and and was wondering where the tag went. Tags are private in git (the same way branches are), which means that you can have a million of your own tags and never disturb anybody else. But, like branches, it means that if you want a tag, you need to know the tag you want, and download it the same way you download a branch. Linus