Re: [WIP PATCH] Add 'git fast-export', the sister of 'git fast-import'

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Nov 27, 2007, 12:16 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0711271214230.27959@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <fcaeb9bf0711240608w2e5e0812me0e56c1f1a2f8c85@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Sat, 24 Nov 2007, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy wrote:

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> On Nov 23, 2007 9:31 PM, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 23 Nov 2007, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy wrote:
> >
> > > Bundle is very handy for transferring a bunch of commits, but it 
> > > does not (cannot?) hold tags and branches.
> >
> > But they can!  Nothing prevents you from calling
> >
> >         git bundle create a1.bundle refs/tags/v1.0.0 refs/heads/next
> >
> > (At least this is the idea, haven't tested yet).
> 
> It can store commits and heavy tags, but it won't restore tags to 
> refs/tags or advance branches.

The idea is that you fetch them from the bundle. So something like this should do what you want:

	git fetch a1.bundle v1.0.0:refs/tags/v1.0.0

Note that the automatic tag handling of git fetch kicks in with bundles just like with other fetch URLs (Unassuming Repository Locators).

Ciao, Dscho