Re: [WIP PATCH] Add 'git fast-export', the sister of 'git fast-import'

["Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy" <pclouds@gmail.com>]

On Nov 27, 2007 7:16 PM, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> 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).

Yes, you are right. Man, if I knew I could pass a bundle to git-fetch,
my life would have been much easier :(
-- 
Duy