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Re: [PATCH] Clarify that '--tags' fetches tags only

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Peter Shenkin <shenkin@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 1, 2011, 05:40 UTC
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Michael Witten <mfwitten <at> gmail.com> writes:
> Well, you're missing the fact that it not only causes those to
> be downloaded, but it also causes the defaults to be ignored,
> which is why you don't get the other stuff. You can still tell
> git to fetch anything else you want in addition.
I was no longer missing it at the time I posted.

But that is indeed what I was missing when I first encountered the behavior. The purpose of posting was to point out that with a very small change in the documentation, I would not have missed it. 

-P.
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  1. Clarify that '--tags' fetches tags onlyAnatol Pomozov, Sep 2, 2011
  2. Drew NorthupSep 2, 2011
  3. Clarify that '--tags' fetches tags onlyAnatol Pomozov, Sep 21, 2011
  4. Michael WittenSep 22, 2011
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 22, 2011
  6. Michael WittenSep 22, 2011
  7. Michael WittenSep 22, 2011
  8. Andrew ArdillSep 22, 2011
  9. Michael WittenSep 22, 2011
  10. Docs: Clarify the --tags option of `git fetch'Michael Witten, Sep 22, 2011
  11. Michael WittenSep 22, 2011
  12. Junio C HamanoSep 22, 2011
  13. Docs: Clarify the --tags option of `git fetch'Michael Witten, Sep 22, 2011
  14. Junio C HamanoSep 22, 2011
  15. Michael WittenSep 22, 2011
  16. Michael WittenSep 22, 2011
  17. Junio C HamanoSep 22, 2011
  18. Docs: Clarify the --tags option of `git fetch'Michael Witten, Sep 22, 2011
  19. Daniel JohnsonSep 22, 2011
  20. Peter ShenkinSep 30, 2011
  21. Jakub NarebskiSep 30, 2011
  22. Michael WittenSep 30, 2011
  23. Peter ShenkinOct 1, 2011
  24. Michael WittenOct 1, 2011
  25. Peter ShenkinOct 1, 2011
  26. Michael WittenOct 1, 2011
  27. Peter ShenkinOct 1, 2011
  28. Michael WittenOct 1, 2011
  29. Peter ShenkinOct 1, 2011
  30. Peter ShenkinOct 1, 2011
  31. Junio C HamanoSep 30, 2011
  32. Peter ShenkinOct 1, 2011

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