"git fetch --prune --tags" is currently interpreted as follows:
* "--tags" is equivalent to specifying a refspec
"refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*", and supersedes any default refspecs
configured via remote.$REMOTE.fetch.
* "--prune" only operates on the refspecs being fetched.
Therefore, "git fetch --prune --tags" prunes tags in refs/tags/* but
does not fetch or prune other references. The fact that this command
does not prune references outside of refs/tags/* was previously
untested. So add a test that verifies the status quo.
However, the status quo is surprising, so it will be changed later in
this patch series.
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
git clone . prune-tags &&
cd prune-tags &&
git tag sometag master &&
+ # Create what looks like a remote-tracking branch from an earlier
+ # fetch that has since been deleted from the remote:
+ git update-ref refs/remotes/origin/fake-remote master &&
git fetch --prune --tags origin &&
git rev-parse origin/master &&
+ git rev-parse origin/fake-remote &&
test_must_fail git rev-parse sometag
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