Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > But then in order to learn what tags the remote has, you need to > talk to the remote and it won't be "complately a local" operation > anymore, no? Just like for every other remote ref. If you need to know the ultimative truth the only way is to ask the remote. Your local copy is just a cache that may be outdated any time. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html