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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [WIP PATCH] Add 'git fast-export', the sister of 'git fast-import'
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:16:47 +0000 (GMT)
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Hi,

On Sat, 24 Nov 2007, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy wrote:

> On Nov 23, 2007 9:31 PM, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 23 Nov 2007, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy wrote:
> >
> > > Bundle is very handy for transferring a bunch of commits, but it 
> > > does not (cannot?) hold tags and branches.
> >
> > But they can!  Nothing prevents you from calling
> >
> >         git bundle create a1.bundle refs/tags/v1.0.0 refs/heads/next
> >
> > (At least this is the idea, haven't tested yet).
> 
> It can store commits and heavy tags, but it won't restore tags to 
> refs/tags or advance branches.

The idea is that you fetch them from the bundle.  So something like this 
should do what you want:

	git fetch a1.bundle v1.0.0:refs/tags/v1.0.0

Note that the automatic tag handling of git fetch kicks in with bundles 
just like with other fetch URLs (Unassuming Repository Locators).

Ciao,
Dscho