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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt4
-rwxr-xr-xcontrib/examples/git-fetch.sh4
-rw-r--r--remote.c2
3 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 92f851e797..630e7ca0c9 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1578,7 +1578,9 @@ remote.<name>.uploadpack::
remote.<name>.tagopt::
Setting this value to \--no-tags disables automatic tag following when
- fetching from remote <name>
+ fetching from remote <name>. Setting it to \--tags will fetch every
+ tag from remote <name>, even if they are not reachable from remote
+ branch heads.
remote.<name>.vcs::
Setting this to a value <vcs> will cause git to interact with
diff --git a/contrib/examples/git-fetch.sh b/contrib/examples/git-fetch.sh
index e44af2c86d..a314273bd5 100755
--- a/contrib/examples/git-fetch.sh
+++ b/contrib/examples/git-fetch.sh
@@ -127,10 +127,12 @@ then
orig_head=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD 2>/dev/null)
fi
-# Allow --notags from remote.$1.tagopt
+# Allow --tags/--notags from remote.$1.tagopt
case "$tags$no_tags" in
'')
case "$(git config --get "remote.$1.tagopt")" in
+ --tags)
+ tags=t ;;
--no-tags)
no_tags=t ;;
esac
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index c70181cdc6..0f073e0b5f 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -443,6 +443,8 @@ static int handle_config(const char *key, const char *value, void *cb)
} else if (!strcmp(subkey, ".tagopt")) {
if (!strcmp(value, "--no-tags"))
remote->fetch_tags = -1;
+ else if (!strcmp(value, "--tags"))
+ remote->fetch_tags = 2;
} else if (!strcmp(subkey, ".proxy")) {
return git_config_string((const char **)&remote->http_proxy,
key, value);