From: Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>
To: Peter Shenkin <shenkin@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Clarify that '--tags' fetches tags only
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:23:48 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMOZ1BsTKBPArRF-LxoNOJcQarMWx-2a2UBoVjWN-96xJ3Ad8A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20110930T041939-332@post.gmane.org>
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 02:51, Peter Shenkin <shenkin@gmail.com> wrote:
> Perhaps it will be useful to say what would have been most
> helpful for me. In the current documentation for "fetch
> --tags", one sentence reads, "This flag lets all tags and
> their associated objects be downloaded." The following small
> modification would, IMO, be sufficient: "This flag causes all
> tags and their associated objects (only) to be downloaded."
Well, you're missing the fact that it not only causes those to
be downloaded, but it also causes the defaults to be ignored,
which is why you don't get the other stuff. You can still tell
git to fetch anything else you want in addition.
See here:
[PATCH v3] Docs: Clarify the --tags option of `git fetch'
Message-ID: <686c38876d5a4ad6bfac67ca77fe9bb3-mfwitten@gmail.com>
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/181887
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-09-30 13:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-02 21:04 [PATCH] Clarify that '--tags' fetches tags only Anatol Pomozov
2011-09-02 21:18 ` Drew Northup
2011-09-21 23:52 ` Anatol Pomozov
2011-09-22 0:13 ` Michael Witten
2011-09-22 0:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-09-22 2:01 ` Michael Witten
2011-09-22 2:07 ` Michael Witten
2011-09-22 3:13 ` Andrew Ardill
2011-09-22 3:24 ` Michael Witten
2011-09-22 3:39 ` [PATCH] Docs: Clarify the --tags option of `git fetch' Michael Witten
2011-09-22 3:48 ` Michael Witten
2011-09-22 4:28 ` [PATCH] Clarify that '--tags' fetches tags only Junio C Hamano
2011-09-22 7:23 ` [PATCH v3] Docs: Clarify the --tags option of `git fetch' Michael Witten
2011-09-22 17:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-09-22 17:35 ` Michael Witten
2011-09-22 17:38 ` Michael Witten
2011-09-22 4:00 ` [PATCH] Clarify that '--tags' fetches tags only Junio C Hamano
2011-09-22 4:17 ` [PATCH v2] Docs: Clarify the --tags option of `git fetch' Michael Witten
2011-09-22 1:14 ` [PATCH] Clarify that '--tags' fetches tags only Daniel Johnson
2011-09-30 2:51 ` Peter Shenkin
2011-09-30 8:44 ` Jakub Narebski
2011-09-30 13:23 ` Michael Witten [this message]
2011-10-01 5:40 ` Peter Shenkin
2011-10-01 14:11 ` Michael Witten
2011-10-01 17:16 ` Peter Shenkin
2011-10-01 18:45 ` Michael Witten
2011-10-01 20:22 ` Peter Shenkin
2011-10-01 20:56 ` Michael Witten
2011-10-01 21:41 ` Peter Shenkin
2011-10-01 22:06 ` Peter Shenkin
2011-09-30 18:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-10-01 5:51 ` Peter Shenkin
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