This is the only place in the documentation that the traditional layout is mentioned, and it is confusing. Remove it. * Documentation/git-tag.txt: Here. Signed-off-by: Younes Khoudli <younes.khoudli@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-tag.txt | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt index 7ecca8e..80019c5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt @@ -253,9 +253,8 @@ On Automatic following ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are following somebody else's tree, you are most likely -using remote-tracking branches (`refs/heads/origin` in traditional -layout, or `refs/remotes/origin/master` in the separate-remote -layout). You usually want the tags from the other end. +using remote-tracking branches (eg. `refs/remotes/origin/master`). +You usually want the tags from the other end. On the other hand, if you are fetching because you would want a one-shot merge from somebody else, you typically do not want to -- 2.10.0