When fetching/pulling from a remote repository the "--tags" option
can be used to pull tags too. Document that it will limit the pull
to only commits reachable from the tags.
Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
-t, \--tags::
By default, the git core utilities will not fetch and store
tags under the same name as the remote repository; ask it
- to do so using `--tags`.
+ to do so using `--tags`. Using this option will bound the
+ list of objects pulled to the remote tags. Commits in branches
+ beyond the tags will be ignored.
-u, \--update-head-ok::
By default `git-fetch` refuses to update the head which