Re: git fetch with refspec does not include tags?

Jeff King [off-list ref] writes:

On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 03:47:28AM -0400, Jeff King wrote:

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Yeah, I don't think we want to go back to the original behavior. I agree
that it is partially to blame for the inconsistency that started this
thread, but I think on balance it has saved much more confusion than it
has started. And we can address that inconsistency with better tag rules
(like the "autofollow if we wrote any real refs" thing).

I don't have a patch for that yet, so if anybody feels like taking a
look, it would be much appreciated.

Also: I don't think we've seen a patch yet for documenting the current
auto-follow behavior.  Even if we don't make a behavior change, let's
not forget to improve that, which should be much less work. :)

Thanks for two thoughtful follow-ups.