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diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index 921f6be8d4..12b1d92a2f 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -41,8 +41,14 @@ ifndef::git-pull[] -p:: --prune:: - After fetching, remove any remote-tracking branches which - no longer exist on the remote. + After fetching, remove any remote-tracking references that no + longer exist on the remote. Tags are not subject to pruning + if they are fetched only because of the default tag + auto-following or due to a --tags option. However, if tags + are fetched due to an explicit refspec (either on the command + line or in the remote configuration, for example if the remote + was cloned with the --mirror option), then they are also + subject to pruning. endif::git-pull[] ifdef::git-pull[] @@ -61,9 +67,12 @@ endif::git-pull[] ifndef::git-pull[] -t:: --tags:: - Request that all tags be fetched from the remote in addition - to whatever else is being fetched. Its effect is similar to - that of the refspec `refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*`. + Fetch all tags from the remote (i.e., fetch remote tags + `refs/tags/*` into local tags with the same name), in addition + to whatever else would otherwise be fetched. Using this + option alone does not subject tags to pruning, even if --prune + is used (though tags may be pruned anyway if they are also the + destination of an explicit refspec; see '--prune'). --recurse-submodules[=yes|on-demand|no]:: This option controls if and under what conditions new commits of |