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| author |  Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> | 2012-01-16 16:46:15 +0700 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2012-01-16 16:26:26 -0800 |
| commit | 5a7d5b683f869d3e3884a89775241afa515da9e7 (patch) | |
| tree | cf3930dd84c09d9bacdda4c993aab526e7bd493e /Documentation/howto/maintain-git.txt | |
| parent | clone: refuse to clone if --branch points to bogus ref (diff) | |
| download | tgif-5a7d5b683f869d3e3884a89775241afa515da9e7.tar.xz | |
clone: allow --branch to take a tag
Because a tag ref cannot be put to HEAD, HEAD will become detached.
This is consistent with "git checkout <tag>".
This is mostly useful in shallow clone, where it allows you to clone a
tag in addtion to branches.
Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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