The application field: I use one git working tree to track many remote git repository: $ git remote -v 227-archives ssh://192.168.3.227/vmos/linux-with-dm-patches.git block git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-2.6-block.git btrfs git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mason/btrfs-unstable.git cryptodev git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/cryptodev-2.6.git djbw-md git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djbw/md.git dk-block git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block fastboot git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git gfs2-2.6-nmw git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/gfs2-2.6-nmw.git linux-2.6-stable git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6-stable.git linux-2.6-target git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tomo/linux-2.6-target.git linux-iscsi git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mnc/linux-2.6-iscsi.git linux-mm-trees git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/smurf/linux-trees.git linux-nfs-server git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/bfields/linux.git lio-core-2.6 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nab/lio-core-2.6.git ocfs2 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mfasheh/ocfs2.git origin git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git rostedt-rt git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-rt.git staging git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git tj-misc git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/misc.git tytso-ext4 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git utrace git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frob/utrace.git v16.y git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.16.y.git v21.y git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.21.y.git v22.y git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.22.y.git v23.y git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.23.y.git v24.y git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.24.y.git v25.y git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git v26.y git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git v27.y git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git xfs git://oss.sgi.com:8090/xfs/xfs-2.6.git Among them only 227-archives is where I will push to, others are all fetch only, When I want to update, I just issue a "git remote -v update" command, I'd like tags from origin, and from the stable kernel team, those tags are all named well, like v2.6.27, v2.6.27.1, v2.6.28-rc1, ... But some tags from some other developeres are named bad, some tags named origin, or named block, which will be ambigous when I want to refer a local remote name. Asking every developer to delete their ambigous tag name is very troublesome! The problem is because tags have no namespace, not similar to remote branches have namespaces which I named for the remote. Like this command: "git branch -a": master my-test block/bfq block/blktrace block/cmdfilter block/dynpipe block/fcache block/for-linus djbw-md/for-neil ... The local branch have no namespace, while remote branches all have their remote name first. One solution to avoid the ambigous names is that give tags namespaces, too; But then a tag will not be a simple tag anymore; Another approach is not fetching tags from remotes which have ambigous tag names; the current git implementation will need I run "git fetch -n <remote>" many times, I cannot use just one "git remote -v update"; To achieve one "git remote -v update", there are two approaches, too: 1. Bypassing any switches or other arguments after "git remote udpate" directly to git fetch, then "git remote update -n" will call "git fetch -n"; But this will disable all tags in all remotes; 2. Store a no-tags config item to the remote config, which like: [remote "linux-iscsi"] url = git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mnc/linux-2.6-iscsi.git fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/linux-iscsi/* fetch-tags = false when git fetch read the no-tags config, it will disable tags from this remote; I think the last approach is the best, and most feasible; However, please comment. Thanks. -- Cheng Renquan, Shenzhen, China Steven Wright - "Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country." -- 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
