Re: [PATCH] git-pull: don't complain about branch merge config if only fetching tags

Gerrit Pape [off-list ref] writes:

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I've seen this patch on this list in the past, but isn't "git
pull -t" a user-error?

If so, we shouldn't advertise the -t switch in the git-pull(1) manpage.

Perhaps.  Patches are welcomed as always.

As it stands, I'd understand 'git pull -t' as 'fetch _all_ tags and
branch heads and merge according to the configuration'.

Yeah, but that would mean that the current error message needs
to be kept, as that is the logical conclusion of "merge
according to the configuration".  Which is not so nice.

Perhaps using the same logic as your patch to detect the case of
"pull --tags and nothing else" case, and exit with non-zero
saying "you probably meant fetch --tags" would be a sane
compromise?  I dunno.