Setting this value to \--no-tags disables automatic tag following when
fetching from remote <name>. Setting it to \--tags will fetch every
tag from remote <name>, even if they are not reachable from remote
- branch heads.
+ branch heads. Passing these flags directly to linkgit:git-fetch[1] can
+ override this setting. See options \--tags and \--no-tags of
+ linkgit:git-fetch[1].
remote.<name>.vcs::
Setting this to a value <vcs> will cause git to interact with
endif::git-pull[]
By default, tags that point at objects that are downloaded
from the remote repository are fetched and stored locally.
- This option disables this automatic tag following.
+ This option disables this automatic tag following. The default
+ behavior for a remote may be specified with the remote.<name>.tagopt
+ setting. See linkgit:git-config[1].
-t::
--tags::
objects reachable from the branch heads that are being
tracked will not be fetched by this mechanism. This
flag lets all tags and their associated objects be
- downloaded.
+ downloaded. The default behavior for a remote may be
+ specified with the remote.<name>.tagopt setting. See
+ linkgit:git-config[1].
-u::
--update-head-ok::
for_each_ref(add_existing, &existing_refs);
- if (transport->remote->fetch_tags == 2 && tags != TAGS_UNSET)
- tags = TAGS_SET;
- if (transport->remote->fetch_tags == -1)
- tags = TAGS_UNSET;
+ if (tags == TAGS_DEFAULT) {
+ if (transport->remote->fetch_tags == 2)
+ tags = TAGS_SET;
+ if (transport->remote->fetch_tags == -1)
+ tags = TAGS_UNSET;
+ }
if (!transport->get_refs_list || !transport->fetch)
die("Don't know how to fetch from %s", transport->url);
--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='tagopt variable affects "git fetch" and is overridden by commandline.'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+setup_clone () {
+ git clone --mirror . $1 &&
+ git remote add remote_$1 $1 &&
+ (cd $1 &&
+ git tag tag_$1)
+}
+
+test_expect_success setup '
+ test_commit test &&
+ setup_clone one &&
+ git config remote.remote_one.tagopt --no-tags &&
+ setup_clone two &&
+ git config remote.remote_two.tagopt --tags
+ '
+
+test_expect_success "fetch with tagopt=--no-tags does not get tag" '
+ git fetch remote_one &&
+ test_must_fail git show-ref tag_one
+ '
+
+test_expect_success "fetch --tags with tagopt=--no-tags gets tag" '
+ git fetch --tags remote_one &&
+ git show-ref tag_one
+ '
+
+test_expect_success "fetch --no-tags with tagopt=--tags does not get tag" '
+ git fetch --no-tags remote_two &&
+ test_must_fail git show-ref tag_two
+ '
+
+test_expect_success "fetch with tagopt=--tags gets tag" '
+ git fetch remote_two &&
+ git show-ref tag_two
+ '
+test_done