Re: git-pull and tag objects
On Sat, 10 Feb 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Although it is correct that the people who already saw the
> original tag would not lose the tag object from their repository
> when you publish a replacement tag, we have _always_ overwritten
> the refs/tags/$tag to point at the new one, effectively losing
> the original.
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> * 0a623e7c (Jul 5, 2005)
> In this version "git fetch $repo tag v2.6.13" would have done just
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> echo "$head" >"$GIT_DIR/$destination"
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> without checking if it already existed.
Yes, but only if you actually explicitly asked for it, methinks.
If you just do a "git pull", it won't do it.
So I think it's ok.
Linus
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>