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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/fetch-options.txt8
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index e75434b3ef..297101f1a5 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1623,7 +1623,9 @@ remote.<name>.tagopt::
Setting this value to \--no-tags disables automatic tag following when
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.
+ branch heads. Passing these flags directly to linkgit:git-fetch[1] can
+ override this setting. See options \--tags and \--no-tags of
+ linkgit:git-fetch[1].
remote.<name>.vcs::
Setting this to a value <vcs> will cause git to interact with
diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
index 9333c42c55..470ac31396 100644
--- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ ifndef::git-pull[]
endif::git-pull[]
By default, tags that point at objects that are downloaded
from the remote repository are fetched and stored locally.
- This option disables this automatic tag following.
+ This option disables this automatic tag following. The default
+ behavior for a remote may be specified with the remote.<name>.tagopt
+ setting. See linkgit:git-config[1].
-t::
--tags::
@@ -58,7 +60,9 @@ endif::git-pull[]
objects reachable from the branch heads that are being
tracked will not be fetched by this mechanism. This
flag lets all tags and their associated objects be
- downloaded.
+ downloaded. The default behavior for a remote may be
+ specified with the remote.<name>.tagopt setting. See
+ linkgit:git-config[1].
-u::
--update-head-ok::