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Re: [PATCH] Clarify that '--tags' fetches tags only

From: Daniel Johnson <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:52:05

On Wednesday, September 21, 2011 04:52:56 PM Anatol Pomozov wrote:
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@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ ifndef::git-pull[]
 	flag lets all tags and their associated objects be
 	downloaded. The default behavior for a remote may be
 	specified with the remote.<name>.tagopt setting. See
-	linkgit:git-config[1].
+	linkgit:git-config[1]. Note that if this option is specified
+	then only tags are fetched, refs under refs/heads/* stay unchanged.
I like this clarification. It would be better placed before the note about the 
tagopt setting, as it clarifies the statement before that ("This flag lets all 
tags and their associated objects be downloaded.")

In fact, the optimal solution might be to rework that sentence with the 
clarification from yours, so something like "This flag lets all tags and their 
associated objects be downloaded instead of"...
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