If I remember correctly, "git push" has similar stuff.You need to run "git push", then "git push --tags" to push your tags.I don't think you will get the delta pushed with the --tags version.So I think it may be similar with fetch. All my very best,Rob -- Rob Echlin, B. Eng. 613-266-8311 - Ottawa, ON http://talksoftware.wordpress.com - http://picasaweb.google.com/coderoller On Sunday, June 28, 2015 1:48 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday [ at ] crashcourse [ dot ] ca> wrote: On Sun, 28 Jun 2015, Aidan Van Dyk wrote: > A normal "git fetch" will fetch tags that point to commits being > fetched. So if you are fetching new histroy that has a tag pointing > to it, that tag will be fetched with it. But by default, fetch only > pulls "refs/heads/*" (branch namespace). Adding a "--tags" will > make it fetch "refs/tags/*" too. This matters if tags are pushed to > the remote that point to "historic" commits (ones you already have > in your local repo). ah, i figured it was something along those lines, thanks. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ======================================================================== _______________________________________________ Linux mailing list Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux