Re: Updated git HOWTO for kernel hackers

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Jun 23, 2005, 01:56 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0506221853280.11175@ppc970.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <42BA14B8.2020609@pobox.com>

On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Jeff Garzik wrote:

>
> With BK, tags came with each pull.  With git, you have to go "outside 
> the system" (rsync) just get the new tags.

You don't have to use rsync, and you don't have to go outside the system. That was my point: you can use "git-ssh-pull" to pull the tags.

But yes, you have to explicitly ask for them by name, ie the other side has to let you know: "Oh, btw, I created a 'xyz' tag for you". And having another helper script to hide the details of how git-*-pull handles tags is obviously also a good idea, although it's pretty low on my list of things to worry about.

		Linus

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