Re: [BUG] git remote prune removes local tags, depending on fetch config

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On Jan 15 2018, Michael Giuffrida <michaelpg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> It doesn't seem like a useful feature -- you wouldn't expect `git
> fetch --prune` to remove your local branches that you were developing
> on, right?

Don't mix local and remote refs.  There is a reason why remote tracking
branches are put in a separate name space.  If you fetch the remote tags
into a separate name space (eg. refs/remote/tags/*:refs/tags/*) then
there is no conflict.

Andreas.

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