# [PATCH] doc: remove reference to the traditional layout in git-tag.txt 2 messages from 2016-10-20 to 2016-10-20. Participants: Younes Khoudli, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/44337 ## Younes Khoudli, 2016-10-20 13:21 Subject: [PATCH] doc: remove reference to the traditional layout in git-tag.txt Message-ID: <20161020132144.6018-1-younes.khoudli@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20161020132144.6018-1-younes.khoudli%40gmail.com ``` This is the only place in the documentation that the traditional layout is mentioned, and it is confusing. Remove it. * Documentation/git-tag.txt: Here. Signed-off-by: Younes Khoudli --- Documentation/git-tag.txt | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt index 7ecca8e..80019c5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt @@ -253,9 +253,8 @@ On Automatic following ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are following somebody else's tree, you are most likely -using remote-tracking branches (`refs/heads/origin` in traditional -layout, or `refs/remotes/origin/master` in the separate-remote -layout). You usually want the tags from the other end. +using remote-tracking branches (eg. `refs/remotes/origin/master`). +You usually want the tags from the other end. On the other hand, if you are fetching because you would want a one-shot merge from somebody else, you typically do not want to -- 2.10.0 ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2016-10-20 15:34 Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: remove reference to the traditional layout in git-tag.txt Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqqvawnhw52.fsf%40gitster.mtv.corp.google.com In-Reply-To: <20161020132144.6018-1-younes.khoudli@gmail.com> ``` Younes Khoudli writes: > This is the only place in the documentation that the traditional layout > is mentioned, and it is confusing. Remove it. Yeah, the information is not incorrect per-se, but certainly is out of place and immaterial to what this part of the documentation tries to teach. Will queue; thanks. > > * Documentation/git-tag.txt: Here. > > Signed-off-by: Younes Khoudli > --- > Documentation/git-tag.txt | 5 ++--- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt > index 7ecca8e..80019c5 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt > @@ -253,9 +253,8 @@ On Automatic following > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > If you are following somebody else's tree, you are most likely > -using remote-tracking branches (`refs/heads/origin` in traditional > -layout, or `refs/remotes/origin/master` in the separate-remote > -layout). You usually want the tags from the other end. > +using remote-tracking branches (eg. `refs/remotes/origin/master`). > +You usually want the tags from the other end. > > On the other hand, if you are fetching because you would want a > one-shot merge from somebody else, you typically do not want to ```