From: Luck, Tony Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 22:04:58 +0000 (-0800) Subject: Update pull/fetch --tags documentation X-Git-Tag: v0.99.9k~1^2~5 X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4d16f8de16e4caa278c850f812eef2cde9980b35;p=git.git Update pull/fetch --tags documentation When fetching/pulling from a remote repository the "--tags" option can be used to pull tags too. Document that it will limit the pull to only commits reachable from the tags. Signed-off-by: Tony Luck Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index 0e502ae68..a25d04a4f 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ -t, \--tags:: By default, the git core utilities will not fetch and store tags under the same name as the remote repository; ask it - to do so using `--tags`. + to do so using `--tags`. Using this option will bound the + list of objects pulled to the remote tags. Commits in branches + beyond the tags will be ignored. -u, \--update-head-ok:: By default `git-fetch` refuses to update the head which