working with linux-next ... must tags be fetched separately?
perusing the current instructions on how to work with linux-next here: https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/linux-next.html and i'm puzzled by this part of the instructions: Fetch linux-next plus tags $ git fetch linux-next ... $ git fetch --tags linux-next ... is it really necessary to run two separate fetch commands? from the man page for git-fetch, one reads: -t, --tags Fetch all tags from the remote (i.e., fetch remote tags refs/tags/* into local tags with the same name), in addition to whatever else would otherwise be fetched. so would it not be sufficient to run simply: $ git fetch --tags linux-next or am i misreading something? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================
Hi, git fetch --tags linux-next Will only fetch the tags not changed files content/data. To fetch file changes git fetch linux-next Is required. On 28 June 2015 14:59:15 GMT+05:30, "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> wrote:
perusing the current instructions on how to work with linux-next here:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/linux-next.html
and i'm puzzled by this part of the instructions:
Fetch linux-next plus tags
$ git fetch linux-next ... $ git fetch --tags linux-next ...
is it really necessary to run two separate fetch commands? from the man page for git-fetch, one reads:
-t, --tags Fetch all tags from the remote (i.e., fetch remote tags refs/tags/* into local tags with the same name), in addition to whatever else would otherwise be fetched.
so would it not be sufficient to run simply:
$ git fetch --tags linux-next
or am i misreading something?
rday
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On Sun, 28 Jun 2015, Harsh Jain wrote:
Hi,
git fetch --tags linux-next
Will only fetch the tags not changed files content/data.
To fetch file changes git fetch linux-next
Is required.
On 28 June 2015 14:59:15 GMT+05:30, "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> wrote:
perusing the current instructions on how to work with linux-next here: https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/linux-next.html and i'm puzzled by this part of the instructions: Fetch linux-next plus tags $ git fetch linux-next ... $ git fetch --tags linux-next ... is it really necessary to run two separate fetch commands? from the man page for git-fetch, one reads: -t, --tags Fetch all tags from the remote (i.e., fetch remote tags refs/tags/* into local tags with the same name), in addition to whatever else would otherwise be fetched. so would it not be sufficient to run simply: $ git fetch --tags linux-next or am i misreading something? rday
that suggests that the man page is slightly misleading, given that it clearly states that "--tags" will fetch tags, "in addition to whatever else would otherwise be fetched." or is there a different way to read that phrase? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================
On Sun Jun 28 15, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
On Sun, 28 Jun 2015, Harsh Jain wrote:
Hi,
git fetch --tags linux-next
Will only fetch the tags not changed files content/data.
To fetch file changes git fetch linux-next
Is required.
On 28 June 2015 14:59:15 GMT+05:30, "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> wrote:
perusing the current instructions on how to work with linux-next here: https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/linux-next.html and i'm puzzled by this part of the instructions: Fetch linux-next plus tags $ git fetch linux-next ... $ git fetch --tags linux-next ... is it really necessary to run two separate fetch commands? from the man page for git-fetch, one reads: -t, --tags Fetch all tags from the remote (i.e., fetch remote tags refs/tags/* into local tags with the same name), in addition to whatever else would otherwise be fetched. so would it not be sufficient to run simply: $ git fetch --tags linux-next or am i misreading something? rday
that suggests that the man page is slightly misleading, given that it clearly states that "--tags" will fetch tags, "in addition to whatever else would otherwise be fetched." or is there a different way to read that phrase?
rday
It seems to work as described in the manpage for me: snits@cantor:~/dev/linux=>git fetch -t linus remote: Counting objects: 888, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (158/158), done. remote: Total 888 (delta 798), reused 818 (delta 730) Receiving objects: 100% (888/888), 137.18 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (798/798), completed with 368 local objects.
From git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux 0890a26..6ac15ba master -> linus/master snits@cantor:~/dev/linux=>git --version git version 2.4.3.368.g7974889
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