On Mon, Dec 02, 2024 at 03:08:35PM +0100, Patrick Steinhardt wrote: > > Add option `--revision` to git-clone(1). This option accepts a fully > > qualified reference, or a raw commit hash. This enables the user to > > clone and checkout any revision they want. `--revision` can be used in > > s/checkout/check out/ > > Does this have to be a raw commit hash, or do we also accept an > arbitrary committish like a tag that peels down to a commit? I don't think anything except a raw hash will be possible without a protocol extension. upload-pack accepts only a full object id on its "want" lines, so the client needs to either start with one, or start with a refname that it can convert to one from the advertisement. (There's also the "want-ref" extension, but it only takes full refnames). -Peff
