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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Clarify that '--tags' fetches tags only
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Michael Witten <mfwitten <at> gmail.com> writes:
> Well, you're missing the fact that it not only causes those to
> be downloaded, but it also causes the defaults to be ignored,
> which is why you don't get the other stuff. You can still tell
> git to fetch anything else you want in addition.

I was no longer missing it at the time I posted. 

But that is indeed what I was missing when I first encountered 
the behavior. The purpose of posting was to point out that 
with  a very small change in the documentation,  I would not
have missed it. 

-P.