# GitGui tool - new local clone is missing commit(s) and missing a tag on master branch 2 messages from 2024-02-07 to 2024-02-10. Participants: Allan Ford, Mark Levedahl. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/60864 ## Allan Ford, 2024-02-07 06:00 Subject: GitGui tool - new local clone is missing commit(s) and missing a tag on master branch Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/MEYPR01MB6534B74E07CB2231EAE8D5C7A5452%40MEYPR01MB6534.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com ``` Dear Git devs, GitGui tool local clone is missing commit(s) and missing a tag on master branch   As compared to using Visual Studio 2022 or Visual Studio Code .. Wondering if a bug somehow / somewhere ?  Other colleague devs observe the same .. If I switch to the remote master branch then I get right content ..   but I should be able to do a new clone of master and hold locally. I have trusted GitGui tool and it's new repo clone for years .. but it has let me down this time .. Kind Regards, Allan Allan Ford Application Developer email: allan.ford@hambs.com.au www.hambs.com.au ``` ## Mark Levedahl, 2024-02-10 19:10 Subject: Re: GitGui tool - new local clone is missing commit(s) and missing a tag on master branch Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/b5c93203-633f-405b-9bb3-1f8be87c16d6%40gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On 2/7/24 01:00, Allan Ford wrote: > Dear Git devs, > > GitGui tool local clone is missing commit(s) and missing a tag on master branch > > As compared to using Visual Studio 2022 or Visual Studio Code .. > Wondering if a bug somehow / somewhere ? > Other colleague devs observe the same .. > > If I switch to the remote master branch then I get right content ..   but I should be able to do a new clone of master and hold locally. This is reminiscent of cloning issues some folks on my team raised nearly a decade ago. git-gui uses a custom/unique do_clone function written in tcl, rather than native git-clone, so problem diagnosis is difficult and updates infrequent. My "cure" was to make git-gui use git-clone. I still have that patch, have rebased it (some conflicts) onto current git-gui master, and it still works in my very limited testing. But, git-gui currently has no active maintainer, and Junio is now in a release cycle, so the list's concern is not on new topics like this. For both reasons, I'll hold onto the patch until the release cycle completes. Mark ```