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Re: git fetch with refspec does not include tags?

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 17, 2017, 19:41 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> I think it's a bit more complex because "git pull" uses "git fetch"
> under the hood. In fact, your "git fetch origin master" is exactly what
> gets run when you do:
>
>   git pull origin master
>
> That's maybe OK. But I think one-off pulls like:
>
>   git pull https://example.com/repo.git master
>
> probably wouldn't want it. I'd have to give it some thought.

I agree with both. If you have named remote, you presumably are keeping copies of their branches as remote-tracking branches, and it may be fine to follow tags. An explicit URL used for one-off should not grab anything but the named thing, I would think.

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  4. Jeff KingAug 17, 2017
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 17, 2017
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  7. Kevin DaudtAug 17, 2017
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 17, 2017
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  10. Jeff KingAug 20, 2017
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