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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Michael Giuffrida <michaelpg@chromium.org>
Cc: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org, "Michael Schubert" <mschub@elegosoft.com>
Subject: Re: [BUG] git remote prune removes local tags, depending on fetch config
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 12:48:32 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <874lnmkorz.fsf@linux-m68k.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACi5S_33F7VVRYiBOQsxgg_ZPOg9ZvhLZ26bStYWiq7n96aeug@mail.gmail.com> (Michael Giuffrida's message of "Mon, 15 Jan 2018 18:14:30 -0800")

On Jan 15 2018, Michael Giuffrida <michaelpg@chromium.org> wrote:

> It doesn't seem like a useful feature -- you wouldn't expect `git
> fetch --prune` to remove your local branches that you were developing
> on, right?

Don't mix local and remote refs.  There is a reason why remote tracking
branches are put in a separate name space.  If you fetch the remote tags
into a separate name space (eg. refs/remote/tags/*:refs/tags/*) then
there is no conflict.

Andreas.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-01-16 11:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 118+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-01-15 21:16 [BUG] git remote prune removes local tags, depending on fetch config Michael Giuffrida
2018-01-16  0:38 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-16  2:14   ` Michael Giuffrida
2018-01-16 11:14     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-19  0:00       ` [PATCH 00/11] document & test fetch pruning + WIP fetch.pruneTags Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-21  0:02         ` [PATCH v2 00/12] document & test fetch pruning & add fetch.pruneTags Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-23 22:13           ` [PATCH v3 00/11] " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-24 23:04             ` Junio C Hamano
2018-01-24 23:25               ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-06 16:23             ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-08 16:19             ` [PATCH v2 00/17] " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-08 18:21               ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-08 19:48                 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-02-09 21:06                   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-08 16:19             ` [PATCH v2 01/17] fetch: don't redundantly NULL something calloc() gave us Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-09  4:36               ` Eric Sunshine
2018-02-09 19:06                 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-08 16:19             ` [PATCH v2 02/17] fetch: trivially refactor assignment to ref_nr Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-09  4:41               ` Eric Sunshine
2018-02-08 16:19             ` [PATCH v2 03/17] fetch: stop accessing "remote" variable indirectly Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-08 16:19             ` [PATCH v2 04/17] remote: add a macro for "refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-08 16:19             ` [PATCH v2 05/17] fetch tests: refactor in preparation for testing tag pruning Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-08 16:19             ` [PATCH v2 06/17] fetch tests: re-arrange arguments for future readability Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-08 16:19             ` [PATCH v2 07/17] fetch tests: add a tag to be deleted to the pruning tests Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-08 16:19             ` [PATCH v2 08/17] fetch tests: test --prune and refspec interaction Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-08 16:19             ` [PATCH v2 09/17] fetch tests: double quote a variable for interpolation Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-08 16:19             ` [PATCH v2 10/17] fetch tests: expand case/esac for later change Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-08 16:19             ` [PATCH v2 11/17] fetch tests: fetch <url> <spec> as well as fetch [<remote>] Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-09  5:17               ` Eric Sunshine
2018-02-09 20:05                 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-09 20:27                   ` Jeff King
2018-02-09 21:14                     ` Eric Sunshine
2018-02-09 20:57                   ` Junio C Hamano
2018-02-09 21:13                     ` Junio C Hamano
2018-02-08 16:19             ` [PATCH v2 12/17] git fetch doc: add a new section to explain the ins & outs of pruning Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-09  5:26               ` Eric Sunshine
2018-02-08 16:19             ` [PATCH v2 13/17] git remote doc: correct dangerous lies about what prune does Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-09  5:33               ` Eric Sunshine
2018-02-08 16:19             ` [PATCH v2 14/17] git-fetch & config doc: link to the new PRUNING section Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-08 16:19             ` [PATCH v2 15/17] fetch tests: add scaffolding for the new fetch.pruneTags Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-08 16:19             ` [PATCH v2 16/17] fetch: add a --fetch-prune option and fetch.pruneTags config Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-09  6:58               ` Eric Sunshine
2018-02-09  8:23                 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-08 16:19             ` [PATCH v2 17/17] fetch: make the --fetch-prune work with <url> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-09  7:03               ` Eric Sunshine
2018-02-09  8:22                 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-23 22:13           ` [PATCH v3 01/11] fetch: don't redundantly NULL something calloc() gave us Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-23 22:13           ` [PATCH v3 02/11] fetch: stop accessing "remote" variable indirectly Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-24 20:53             ` Junio C Hamano
2018-01-23 22:13           ` [PATCH v3 03/11] fetch tests: refactor in preparation for testing tag pruning Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-23 22:13           ` [PATCH v3 04/11] fetch tests: re-arrange arguments for future readability Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-23 22:13           ` [PATCH v3 05/11] fetch tests: add a tag to be deleted to the pruning tests Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-23 22:13           ` [PATCH v3 06/11] fetch tests: test --prune and refspec interaction Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-23 22:13           ` [PATCH v3 07/11] git fetch doc: add a new section to explain the ins & outs of pruning Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-23 22:13           ` [PATCH v3 08/11] git remote doc: correct dangerous lies about what prune does Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-23 22:13           ` [PATCH v3 09/11] git-fetch & config doc: link to the new PRUNING section Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-23 22:13           ` [PATCH v3 10/11] fetch tests: add scaffolding for the new fetch.pruneTags Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-23 22:13           ` [PATCH v3 11/11] fetch: add a --fetch-prune option and fetch.pruneTags config Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-24 20:52             ` Junio C Hamano
2018-01-24 21:03               ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-24 21:15                 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-02-09 20:31           ` [PATCH v5 00/17] document & test fetch pruning & add fetch.pruneTags Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-22  0:23             ` Junio C Hamano
2018-02-22 14:18               ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-22 20:09                 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-02-23  9:04                   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-23 21:10                     ` Junio C Hamano
2018-02-24 21:42                       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-09 20:32           ` [PATCH v5 01/17] fetch: don't redundantly NULL something calloc() gave us Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-09 20:32           ` [PATCH v5 02/17] fetch: trivially refactor assignment to ref_nr Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-09 20:32           ` [PATCH v5 03/17] fetch: stop accessing "remote" variable indirectly Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-09 20:32           ` [PATCH v5 04/17] remote: add a macro for "refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-09 20:32           ` [PATCH v5 05/17] fetch tests: refactor in preparation for testing tag pruning Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-09 20:32           ` [PATCH v5 06/17] fetch tests: re-arrange arguments for future readability Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-09 20:32           ` [PATCH v5 07/17] fetch tests: add a tag to be deleted to the pruning tests Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-09 20:32           ` [PATCH v5 08/17] fetch tests: test --prune and refspec interaction Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-09 20:32           ` [PATCH v5 09/17] fetch tests: double quote a variable for interpolation Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-09 20:32           ` [PATCH v5 10/17] fetch tests: expand case/esac for later change Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-09 20:32           ` [PATCH v5 11/17] fetch tests: fetch <url> <spec> as well as fetch [<remote>] Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-09 20:32           ` [PATCH v5 12/17] git fetch doc: add a new section to explain the ins & outs of pruning Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-09 20:32           ` [PATCH v5 13/17] git remote doc: correct dangerous lies about what prune does Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-09 20:32           ` [PATCH v5 14/17] git-fetch & config doc: link to the new PRUNING section Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-09 20:32           ` [PATCH v5 15/17] fetch tests: add scaffolding for the new fetch.pruneTags Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-09 20:32           ` [PATCH v5 16/17] fetch: add a --prune-tags option and fetch.pruneTags config Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-09 20:32           ` [PATCH v5 17/17] fetch: make the --prune-tags work with <url> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-21  0:02         ` [PATCH v2 01/12] fetch tests: refactor in preparation for testing tag pruning Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-21  0:02         ` [PATCH v2 02/12] fetch tests: arrange arguments for future readability Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-21  0:02         ` [PATCH v2 03/12] fetch tests: add a tag to be deleted to the pruning tests Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-21  0:02         ` [PATCH v2 04/12] fetch tests: double quote a variable for interpolation Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-22 19:52           ` Junio C Hamano
2018-01-22 23:04             ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-21  0:02         ` [PATCH v2 05/12] fetch tests: test --prune and refspec interaction Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-21  0:02         ` [PATCH v2 06/12] git fetch doc: add a new section to explain the ins & outs of pruning Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-21  0:02         ` [PATCH v2 07/12] git remote doc: correct dangerous lies about what prune does Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-22 20:01           ` Junio C Hamano
2018-01-22 23:05             ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-21  0:03         ` [PATCH v2 08/12] git-fetch & config doc: link to the new PRUNING section Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-21  0:03         ` [PATCH v2 09/12] fetch: don't redundantly NULL something calloc() gave us Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-21  8:25           ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-21  0:03         ` [PATCH v2 10/12] fetch: stop accessing "remote" variable indirectly Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-21  0:03         ` [PATCH v2 11/12] fetch tests: add scaffolding for the new fetch.pruneTags Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-21  0:03         ` [PATCH v2 12/12] fetch: add a --fetch-prune option and fetch.pruneTags config Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-22 20:50           ` Junio C Hamano
2018-01-22 23:48             ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-19  0:00       ` [PATCH 01/11] fetch tests: refactor in preparation for testing tag pruning Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-19  0:00       ` [PATCH 02/11] fetch tests: arrange arguments for future readability Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-19  0:00       ` [PATCH 03/11] fetch tests: add a tag to be deleted to the pruning tests Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-19  0:00       ` [PATCH 04/11] fetch tests: double quote a variable for interpolation Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-19  0:00       ` [PATCH 05/11] fetch tests: test --prune and refspec interaction Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-19  0:00       ` [PATCH 06/11] git fetch doc: add a new section to explain the ins & outs of pruning Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-19  0:46         ` Eric Sunshine
2018-01-19  0:00       ` [PATCH 07/11] git remote doc: correct dangerous lies about what prune does Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-19  0:00       ` [PATCH 08/11] git-fetch & config doc: link to the new PRUNING section Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-19  0:00       ` [PATCH 09/11] fetch: don't redundantly null something calloc() gave us Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-19  0:00       ` [PATCH 10/11] fetch tests: add scaffolding for the new fetch.pruneTags Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-19  0:00       ` [RFC/PATCH 11/11] WIP fetch: add a --fetch-prune option and fetch.pruneTags config Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-16 11:48     ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2018-01-18  6:18       ` [BUG] git remote prune removes local tags, depending on fetch config Kevin Daudt

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