From c2bc6e404d75a3a68da5eefa47fa867569bc3339 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "J. Bruce Fields" Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:08:37 -0500 Subject: Documentation: clarify fetch parameter descriptions. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano diff --git a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt index b5b9792..4524fee 100644 --- a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt +++ b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt @@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ is often useful. + Some short-cut notations are also supported. + -* For backward compatibility, `tag` is almost ignored; - it just makes the following parameter to mean a - refspec `refs/tags/:refs/tags/`. +* `tag ` means the same as `refs/tags/:refs/tags/`; + used with pull or fetch, it requests fetching everything up to + the given tag. * A parameter without a colon is equivalent to : when pulling/fetching, and `:` when pushing. That is, do not store it locally if -- cgit v0.10.2-6-g49f6