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From: Ben Boeckel <mathstuf@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [BUG?] git fetch -p -t prunes all non-tag refs
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:51:31 -0400
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On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 15:30:33 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> I would call that a bug, and it is not limited to the use of "--tags". For
> example, I suspect that
> 
>     $ git fetch --prune origin refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/master
> 
> would prune remote tracking branches for "origin" other than "master".

Indeed it does. Given that, should --prune be an error when a refspec is
given or when in combination with --tags?

--Ben