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diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt index e08a028946..10657134a8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt @@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ The ref names and their object names of fetched refs are stored in `.git/FETCH_HEAD`. This information is left for a later merge operation done by 'git merge'. -When <refspec> stores the fetched result in remote-tracking branches, -the tags that point at these branches are automatically -followed. This is done by first fetching from the remote using -the given <refspec>s, and if the repository has objects that are -pointed by remote tags that it does not yet have, then fetch -those missing tags. If the other end has tags that point at -branches you are not interested in, you will not get them. +By default, tags are auto-followed. This means that when fetching +from a remote, any tags on the remote that point to objects that exist +in the local repository are fetched. The effect is to fetch tags that +point at branches that you are interested in. This default behavior +can be changed by using the --tags or --no-tags options, by +configuring remote.<name>.tagopt, or by using a refspec that fetches +tags explicitly. 'git fetch' can fetch from either a single named repository, or from several repositories at once if <group> is given and |