As discussed on the git email list [1] with the subject
"Fetching tags overwrites existing tags" there is a bug
where fetching tags can overwrite existing tags.
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmasono, has created a patch series [2]
which requires a '--force' flag when fetching if the user
actually wants to overwrite any existing flags.
This patch series allows tags in remotes to be placed in
a sub hierarchy, refs/remote-tags when "git remote add" is
passed the --remote-tags option.
The patch series also modifies tag so "git tag -l" will list
tags in refs/remote-tags properly. It also test for
"git remote add" which uses "git tag -l".
[1]: https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqbme51rgn.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com/T/#m4928340a9f49c6ffa9db5b94243e46df6958eaa5
[2]: https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqbme51rgn.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com/T/#mb68d54667a9ad8eee60a22ebdf2264f8022d07a8
Wink Saville (3):
Teach remote add the --remote-tags option
Teach tag to list remote-tags
Test git remote add -f --remote-tags
Documentation/git-remote.txt | 8 +++++--
builtin/remote.c | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
builtin/tag.c | 2 +-
ref-filter.c | 9 ++++++--
ref-filter.h | 11 +++++----
refs.c | 1 +
remote.c | 2 ++
t/t5505-remote.sh | 20 ++++++++++++++++
8 files changed, 83 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
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