Re: Git pull doesn't get the tags

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On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:04:32 +0200
Mathias Lafeldt <misfire@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I managed to overlook the info from the man page, sorry.

But what does "but tags that do not point at objects reachable from the
branch heads that are being tracked will not be fetched by this
mechanism" mean?

When is an object not reachable from the branch head? In the repo only
the master branch exist, and one repo is cloned from the other.

> On 10/22/2010 05:37 AM, Rico Secada wrote:
> > Hi.
> > 
> > I am working on a repo on my desktop and I got a clone on my laptop.
> > I needed to pull the new stuff from my desktop unto my laptop, and I
> > noticed that tags doesn't get pulled.
> > 
> > The laptop access the desktop using NFS and I am using "git pull
> > NFS_SOURCE".
> > 
> > The repos are identical except that a few files has been updated
> > and a new tag has been added.
> > 
> > Why doesn't pull get the tag?
> > 
> > Best regards.
> 
> Try git pull --tags.
> 
> From git-pull's manpage:
> 
> -t
> --tags
>         Most of the tags are fetched automatically as branch
>         heads are downloaded, but tags that do not point at
>         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. [...]
> 
> -Mathias
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