# [PATCH 2/2] docs: explain behaviour of remote add without tag option 4 messages from 2015-03-03 to 2015-03-04. Participants: Kevin Daudt, Michael J Gruber. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/38697 ## Kevin Daudt, 2015-03-03 23:11 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] docs: explain behaviour with no tagopt set Message-ID: <1425424320-4091-1-git-send-email-me@ikke.info> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1425424320-4091-1-git-send-email-me%40ikke.info ``` Currently, only the behaviour when this option is set is explained, but it's unclear what happens when this option hasn't been set. Signed-off-by: Kevin Daudt --- Documentation/config.txt | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 440784c..394042a 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -2241,8 +2241,9 @@ remote..tagopt:: Setting this value to \--no-tags disables automatic tag following when fetching from remote . Setting it to \--tags will fetch every tag from remote , even if they are not reachable from remote - branch heads. Passing these flags directly to linkgit:git-fetch[1] can - override this setting. See options \--tags and \--no-tags of + branch heads. When not set, fetches only tags reachable by the + downloaded refs. Passing these flags directly to linkgit:git-fetch[1] + can override this setting. See options \--tags and \--no-tags of linkgit:git-fetch[1]. remote..vcs:: -- 2.3.0 ``` ## Kevin Daudt, 2015-03-03 23:12 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] docs: explain behaviour of remote add without tag option Message-ID: <1425424320-4091-2-git-send-email-me@ikke.info> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1425424320-4091-2-git-send-email-me%40ikke.info In-Reply-To: <1425424320-4091-1-git-send-email-me@ikke.info> ``` Only behaviour with these options are currently explained. Add explanation what the default behaviour is. Signed-off-by: Kevin Daudt --- Documentation/git-remote.txt | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt index a77607b..5bde0e1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt @@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ remote repository. With `--no-tags` option, `git fetch ` does not import tags from the remote repository. + +With neither `--tags` or `--no-tags` set, imports only tags that are +reachable from downloaded history. ++ With `-t ` option, instead of the default glob refspec for the remote to track all branches under the `refs/remotes//` namespace, a refspec to track only `` -- 2.3.0 ``` ## Michael J Gruber, 2015-03-04 15:46 Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] docs: explain behaviour of remote add without tag option Message-ID: <54F728E7.5080600@drmicha.warpmail.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/54F728E7.5080600%40drmicha.warpmail.net In-Reply-To: <1425424320-4091-2-git-send-email-me@ikke.info> ``` Kevin Daudt venit, vidit, dixit 04.03.2015 00:12: > Only behaviour with these options are currently explained. Add > explanation what the default behaviour is. > > Signed-off-by: Kevin Daudt > --- > Documentation/git-remote.txt | 3 +++ > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt > index a77607b..5bde0e1 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt > @@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ remote repository. > With `--no-tags` option, `git fetch ` does not import tags from > the remote repository. > + > +With neither `--tags` or `--no-tags` set, imports only tags that are > +reachable from downloaded history. > ++ > With `-t ` option, instead of the default glob > refspec for the remote to track all branches under > the `refs/remotes//` namespace, a refspec to track only `` > So, how does this relate to: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/264592 I don't mind you taking this over at all, it's just that we should keep things together where the discussion begun. Michael ``` ## Kevin Daudt, 2015-03-04 16:47 Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] docs: explain behaviour of remote add without tag option Message-ID: <20150304164721.GC17528@vps892.directvps.nl> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20150304164721.GC17528%40vps892.directvps.nl In-Reply-To: <54F728E7.5080600@drmicha.warpmail.net> ``` On Wed, Mar 04, 2015 at 04:46:47PM +0100, Michael J Gruber wrote: > > So, how does this relate to: > > http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/264592 > > I don't mind you taking this over at all, it's just that we should keep > things together where the discussion begun. > > Michael Sorry, I totally missed that. Wasn't my goal to take it over. I have a filter to seperate out patches from other e-mail, so the thread got separated. ```