Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Jun 2005 16:09:05 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: Updated git HOWTO for kernel hackers |
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On Wed, Jun 22, 2005 at 06:24:54PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > 10) don't forget to download tags from time to time. > > git-pull-script only downloads sha1-indexed object data, and the > requested remote head. This misses updates to the .git/refs/tags/ and > .git/refs/heads directories. It is advisable to update your kernel .git > directories periodically with a full rsync command, to make sure you got > everything: > > $ cd linux-2.6 > $ rsync -a --delete --verbose --stats --progress \ > rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git/ > \ <- word-wrapped backslash; sigh > .git/
Ok, this is annoying. Is there some reason why git doesn't pull the tags in properly when doing a merge? Chris and I just hit this when I pulled his 2.6.12.1 tree and and was wondering where the tag went.
thanks,
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