349220 – git.eclass: git fetch may need "-t" option

Bug 349220 - git.eclass: git fetch may need "-t" option

Summary: git.eclass: git fetch may need "-t" option

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Eclasses (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	High enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	Tomáš Chvátal (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2010-12-20 17:45 UTC by Naohiro Aota
Modified:	2011-04-20 21:51 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Naohiro Aota gentoo-dev

2010-12-20 17:45:05 UTC

Please see git-fetch(1) below

       -t, --tags
           Most of the tags are fetched automatically as branch heads are downloaded, but tags that do not point at objects reachable from the branch heads that are being tracked will not be fetched by this
           mechanism. This flag lets all tags and their associated objects be downloaded.

Thus, if a user doesn't update their git repository for some weeks or months and then updating the repository may sometime cause "missing tags"
If a ebuild developer specify such "missing tag" as EGIT_COMMIT,  git_src_unpack fail to obtain the source files.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Tomáš Chvátal (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-04-20 21:51:44 UTC

Fixed in git-2.eclass git.eclass is obsoleted by it so just migrate your ebuilds.