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Git Tags

Subject: Git Tags

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5 messages between Nov 29, 2018 and Nov 29, 2018.

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Stefanie Leisestreichler· Nov 29, 2018, 11:11 UTC · lore

Hi.

I have done this (on box A):

git commit -m "Message" git tag -a 0.9.0 git push origin master

In my local repository, when I run "git tag" it is showing me "0.9.0".

Then I did (on box B) git clone ssh://user@host:/path/project.git cd project git tag

Now git tag is showing nothing.

Why is the tag only available in my local repository?

Also when I try to git clone --branch 0.9.0 ssh://user@host:/path/project.git it tells me: fatal:remote branch not found in upstream repository origin

Why is the tag not available in origin?

Thanks, Stefanie

Mateusz Loskot· Nov 29, 2018, 11:56 UTC · re: Stefanie Leisestreichler · lore

Re: Git Tags

On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 at 12:50, Stefanie Leisestreichler <stefanie.leisestreichler@peter-speer.de> wrote:

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>
> git tag -a 0.9.0
> git push origin master
>
> In my local repository, when I run "git tag" it is showing me "0.9.0".
>
> Then I did (on box B)
> git clone ssh://user@host:/path/project.git
> cd project
> git tag
>
> Now git tag is showing nothing.
>
> Why is the tag only available in my local repository?

From https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Basics-Tagging "By default, the git push command doesn’t transfer tags to remote servers. You will have to explicitly push tags to a shared server after you have created them."

Best regards,

-- 
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net

Randall S. Becker· Nov 29, 2018, 13:40 UTC · re: Mateusz Loskot · lore

RE: Git Tags

On November 29, 2018 6:56, Mateusz Loskot wrote:

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> On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 at 12:50, Stefanie Leisestreichler
> <stefanie.leisestreichler@peter-speer.de> wrote:
> >
> > git tag -a 0.9.0
> > git push origin master
> >
> > In my local repository, when I run "git tag" it is showing me "0.9.0".
> >
> > Then I did (on box B)
> > git clone ssh://user@host:/path/project.git cd project git tag
> >
> > Now git tag is showing nothing.
> >
> > Why is the tag only available in my local repository?
> 
> >From https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Basics-Tagging
> "By default, the git push command doesn’t transfer tags to remote servers.
> You will have to explicitly push tags to a shared server after you have created
> them."

git push --tags

and

git fetch --tags

to be symmetrical

Cheers, Randall

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Mateusz Loskot· Nov 29, 2018, 13:45 UTC · re: Randall S. Becker · lore

Re: Git Tags

On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 at 14:40, Randall S. Becker <rsbecker@nexbridge.com> wrote:

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> On November 29, 2018 6:56, Mateusz Loskot wrote:
> > On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 at 12:50, Stefanie Leisestreichler <stefanie.leisestreichler@peter-speer.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > git tag -a 0.9.0
> > > git push origin master
> > >
> > > In my local repository, when I run "git tag" it is showing me "0.9.0".
> > >
> > > Then I did (on box B)
> > > git clone ssh://user@host:/path/project.git cd project git tag
> > >
> > > Now git tag is showing nothing.
> > >
> > > Why is the tag only available in my local repository?
> >
> > >From https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Basics-Tagging
> > "By default, the git push command doesn’t transfer tags to remote servers.
> > You will have to explicitly push tags to a shared server after you have created
> > them."
>
> git push --tags
>

After my yesterday experience [1], I'd be careful with git push --tags :)

[1] genuine screenshot and link to related thread at https://twitter.com/mloskot/status/1068072285846859776

Best regards,

-- 
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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason· Nov 29, 2018, 15:09 UTC · re: Stefanie Leisestreichler · lore

Re: Git Tags

On Thu, Nov 29 2018, Stefanie Leisestreichler wrote:

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> Hi.
>
> I have done this (on box A):
>
> git commit -m "Message"
> git tag -a 0.9.0
> git push origin master
>
> In my local repository, when I run "git tag" it is showing me "0.9.0".
>
> Then I did (on box B)
> git clone ssh://user@host:/path/project.git
> cd project
> git tag
>
> Now git tag is showing nothing.
>
> Why is the tag only available in my local repository?
>
> Also when I try to
> git clone --branch 0.9.0 ssh://user@host:/path/project.git
> it tells me: fatal:remote branch not found in upstream repository origin

Because --branch <name> means get refs/heads/<name>, tags are not branches. However, because we're apparently quite loose about this in the clone/fetch code this does give you the tag if it exists, but probably not in the way you expect.

We interpret the argument as a branch, and will get not only this tag but "follow" (see --no-tags in git-fetch(1)) the tag as though it were a branch and give you all tags leading up to that one. This would give you a single tag:

    git clone --no-tags --branch v2.19.0 --single-branch https://github.com/git/git.git

But this is a more direct way to do it:

    git init git; git -C git fetch --no-tags https://github.com/git/git.git tag v2.19.0

Which'll since you said it failed that's because you haven't pushed the tag. Try 'git ls-remote <url>' to see if it's there (it's not).