# [PATCH] documentation: fix asterisks in fetch-options 3 messages from 2013-06-24 to 2013-06-24. Participants: Fraser Tweedale, Thomas Rast. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/34263 ## Fraser Tweedale, 2013-06-24 11:31 Subject: [PATCH] documentation: fix asterisks in fetch-options Message-ID: <1372073467-29112-1-git-send-email-frase@frase.id.au> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1372073467-29112-1-git-send-email-frase%40frase.id.au ``` Fix refspec asterisks in the -t/--tags section of the fetch-options documentation. Signed-off-by: Fraser Tweedale --- Documentation/fetch-options.txt | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index 9cb6496..f2ac3bc 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -61,11 +61,12 @@ endif::git-pull[] ifndef::git-pull[] -t:: --tags:: - This is a short-hand for giving "refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*" - refspec from the command line, to ask all tags to be fetched - and stored locally. Because this acts as an explicit - refspec, the default refspecs (configured with the - remote.$name.fetch variable) are overridden and not used. + This is a short-hand for giving + "refs/tags/{asterisk}:refs/tags/{asterisk}" refspec from the + command line, to ask all tags to be fetched and stored + locally. Because this acts as an explicit refspec, the + default refspecs (configured with the remote.$name.fetch + variable) are overridden and not used. --recurse-submodules[=yes|on-demand|no]:: This option controls if and under what conditions new commits of -- 1.8.3.1 ``` ## Thomas Rast, 2013-06-24 11:35 Subject: Re: [PATCH] documentation: fix asterisks in fetch-options Message-ID: <8761x33fny.fsf@linux-k42r.v.cablecom.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/8761x33fny.fsf%40linux-k42r.v.cablecom.net In-Reply-To: <1372073467-29112-1-git-send-email-frase@frase.id.au> ``` Fraser Tweedale writes: > diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt > index 9cb6496..f2ac3bc 100644 > --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt > +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt > @@ -61,11 +61,12 @@ endif::git-pull[] > ifndef::git-pull[] > -t:: > --tags:: > - This is a short-hand for giving "refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*" > - refspec from the command line, to ask all tags to be fetched > - and stored locally. Because this acts as an explicit > - refspec, the default refspecs (configured with the > - remote.$name.fetch variable) are overridden and not used. > + This is a short-hand for giving > + "refs/tags/{asterisk}:refs/tags/{asterisk}" refspec from the > + command line, to ask all tags to be fetched and stored > + locally. Because this acts as an explicit refspec, the > + default refspecs (configured with the remote.$name.fetch > + variable) are overridden and not used. Wasn't this already fixed by 9eb4754 (fetch-options.txt: prevent a wildcard refspec from getting misformatted, 2013-06-07), currently in master? -- Thomas Rast trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch ``` ## Fraser Tweedale, 2013-06-24 11:42 Subject: Re: [PATCH] documentation: fix asterisks in fetch-options Message-ID: <20130624114202.GT2457@bacardi.hollandpark.frase.id.au> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20130624114202.GT2457%40bacardi.hollandpark.frase.id.au In-Reply-To: <8761x33fny.fsf@linux-k42r.v.cablecom.net> ``` Right you are. I missed that; apologies for the noise. Fraser On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 01:35:13PM +0200, Thomas Rast wrote: > Fraser Tweedale writes: > > > diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt > > index 9cb6496..f2ac3bc 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt > > +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt > > @@ -61,11 +61,12 @@ endif::git-pull[] > > ifndef::git-pull[] > > -t:: > > --tags:: > > - This is a short-hand for giving "refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*" > > - refspec from the command line, to ask all tags to be fetched > > - and stored locally. Because this acts as an explicit > > - refspec, the default refspecs (configured with the > > - remote.$name.fetch variable) are overridden and not used. > > + This is a short-hand for giving > > + "refs/tags/{asterisk}:refs/tags/{asterisk}" refspec from the > > + command line, to ask all tags to be fetched and stored > > + locally. Because this acts as an explicit refspec, the > > + default refspecs (configured with the remote.$name.fetch > > + variable) are overridden and not used. > > Wasn't this already fixed by 9eb4754 (fetch-options.txt: prevent a > wildcard refspec from getting misformatted, 2013-06-07), currently in > master? > > -- > Thomas Rast > trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch ```