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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/15] Change semantics of "fetch --tags"
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 09:59:12 -0700
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Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> writes:

> This is my proposed fix for the "local tag killer" problem that I
> reported recently [1].
>
> There are three main things changed by this patch series:
> ...

Haven't looked at any of the 1-15 messages, but the basic design to
demote "--tags" from being an explicit "refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*"
given from the command line to a more special case option sounds
very sane and solid.

With the auto-following of tags, I think it is a _mistake_ to have
"--tags" anywhere on the command line (and "tagopt" config) these
days, and I do not expect a huge fallout from incompatibility that
arises from the change in behaviour.

Thanks---looking forward to reading it through.