# Git Tags 5 messages from 2018-11-29 to 2018-11-29. Participants: Stefanie Leisestreichler, Mateusz Loskot, Randall S. Becker, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/49916 ## Stefanie Leisestreichler, 2018-11-29 11:11 Subject: Git Tags Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/c8fc0da2-c3ff-4985-e4a2-a066a3a6f2af%40peter-speer.de ``` 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, 2018-11-29 11:56 Subject: Re: Git Tags Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CABUeae_4yxtxFmi14%2BOivX-wFQq4Hd5uEV3_WhRMsMHbvSxy7w%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 at 12:50, Stefanie Leisestreichler 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." Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net ``` ## Randall S. Becker, 2018-11-29 13:40 Subject: RE: Git Tags Message-ID: <001901d487e9$0f9e9d90$2edbd8b0$@nexbridge.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/001901d487e9%240f9e9d90%242edbd8b0%24%40nexbridge.com In-Reply-To: ``` On November 29, 2018 6:56, Mateusz Loskot wrote: > On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 at 12:50, Stefanie Leisestreichler > 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 -- Brief whoami: NonStop developer since approximately 211288444200000000 UNIX developer since approximately 421664400 -- In my real life, I talk too much. ``` ## Mateusz Loskot, 2018-11-29 13:45 Subject: Re: Git Tags Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CABUeae_jj1eqwgRNkC7R5GfLBhuKZjXYTBUJ5VgPyfLocFfJOA%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <001901d487e9$0f9e9d90$2edbd8b0$@nexbridge.com> ``` On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 at 14:40, Randall S. Becker wrote: > On November 29, 2018 6:56, Mateusz Loskot wrote: > > On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 at 12:50, Stefanie Leisestreichler 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, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net ``` ## Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, 2018-11-29 15:09 Subject: Re: Git Tags Message-ID: <87woovyl6i.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/87woovyl6i.fsf%40evledraar.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Thu, Nov 29 2018, Stefanie Leisestreichler wrote: > 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 means get refs/heads/, 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 ' to see if it's there (it's not). ```