On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 00:49, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> --tags is merely a short-hand for "refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*")
> explicitly from the command line
[Disclaimer: I don't know the code or the semantics]
Why not just use that explanation?
This option is merely a short-hand for writing
the refspec `refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*'; consequently,
using this option overrides any default refspec that
would be used if no refspec were provided on the
command line. That is,
git fetch --tags origin frotz
is equivalent to:
git fetch origin frotz 'refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*'
In fact, if the command line parsing performed by `git fetch'
is reasonably intelligent, then it might be worthwhile
to relocate `--tags' in the example:
That is,
git fetch origin frotz --tags
is equivalent to:
git fetch origin frotz 'refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*'
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