Re: missing tags from "git fetch"

2019-10-02 Thread Martin Nicolay
On Wednesday 2019-10-02 15:55, Jeff King wrote: So instead of this: $ git fetch origin master try this: $ git fetch origin It creates the master branch. This is what I'm trying to avoid. or even this: $ git fetch origin master:refs/remotes/origin/master Bingo. It's ugly but it works

Re: missing tags from "git fetch"

2019-10-02 Thread Jeff King
On Wed, Oct 02, 2019 at 03:10:12PM +0200, Martin Nicolay wrote: > I don't know if this is a lack of understanding or a software or > documentation bug. > > man git-fetch says about tags: >By default, any tag that points into the histories being fetched is >also fetched; the effect

missing tags from "git fetch"

2019-10-02 Thread Martin Nicolay
Hi! I don't know if this is a lack of understanding or a software or documentation bug. man git-fetch says about tags: By default, any tag that points into the histories being fetched is also fetched; the effect is to fetch tags that point at branches that you are interest