From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.4 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: "Michael K. Edwards" Subject: Re: git fetch --reference? Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:17:04 -0800 Message-ID: References: <7vy7qdttc0.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 01:17:20 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=KRXV/h7EdrG2agID8dgTBWenjCrrcVdN7BZKIefJo1j5QFyBe0lY6MKe2v1Sh4aDhbjPBWN+pDxVgfZL3cQzj/3w+C4hz43deuuu0uhL0uMr+6bdBQbFp1npkJ9fx5X+zd1gvbflpgqCBI6BHyq7/H5nELDrGprh2JOTDCMopS8= In-Reply-To: <7vy7qdttc0.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Content-Disposition: inline Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gk9Or-0007qv-PJ for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:17:14 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S966606AbWKOBRH (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Nov 2006 20:17:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S966608AbWKOBRH (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Nov 2006 20:17:07 -0500 Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com ([66.249.82.238]:53637 "EHLO wx-out-0506.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S966606AbWKOBRE (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Nov 2006 20:17:04 -0500 Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s7so24297wxc for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:17:04 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.90.27.6 with SMTP id a6mr1830656aga.1163553424392; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:17:04 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.90.25.4 with HTTP; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:17:04 -0800 (PST) To: git@vger.kernel.org Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org On 11/14/06, Junio C Hamano wrote: > I am somewhat doubtful that this is common enough to warrant > adding an extra option to "git fetch", but you could add > alternates to these new reference object stores before > initiating the fetch. > ... Thanks, that's what I was looking for. I can just set up a "tracking" tree where I don't attempt any merges, include it in the alternates for each working tree, and "git fetch" in the tracking tree when it's convenient. Now, will tags from the tracking tree propagate into the working trees? Cheers,