git checkout reference fails because of fetch flag about bob HOT 6 CLOSED

I will do it today or tomorrow.

from bob.

This is strange. The -t option is defined as:

Fetch all tags from the remote (i.e., fetch remote tags refs/tags/* into local tags with the same name), in addition to whatever else would otherwise be fetched.

If the commit object is not found that would mean the commit is neither referenced by a tag nor by any branch!? What would prevent such commits from getting garbage collected by git gc? Do I overlook something?

from bob.

Yeah i thought so, too. Maybe it's just my git installation, I tried:

bob dev -vvvv --download no zr3/...../system::bsp::ext-gbm-dev

ext-gbm.yaml
banch: rcar-gen3
commit: bc04aefc9d5322f8b2dc1ecb15d0713bbab684b8

Both exist - but not work for me. I think I know why. My git version is pretty old (1.8.3.1 - Centos 7). There you don't have the "in addition..." - so just the tags getting fetched. Not a problem with bob, but with too old git on my side.

from bob.

F***, this was indeed changed: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-fetch/1.8.2.1 Maybe explicitly adding the default refspec helps:

git fetch -t origin +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*

Could you test that with your version?

from bob.

That's it! Works fine.

from bob.

Would you mind creating a pull request with a fix for this issue?

from bob.