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diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst index 4762d2637a..f357765b77 100644 --- a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst +++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst | |||
| @@ -439,10 +439,12 @@ This fetcher supports the following parameters: | |||
| 439 | - *"rev":* The revision to use for the checkout. If :term:`SRCREV` is also set, | 439 | - *"rev":* The revision to use for the checkout. If :term:`SRCREV` is also set, |
| 440 | this parameter must match its value. | 440 | this parameter must match its value. |
| 441 | 441 | ||
| 442 | - *"tag":* Specifies a tag to use for the checkout. To correctly | 442 | - *"tag":* Specifies a tag to use when fetching. To correctly resolve |
| 443 | resolve tags, BitBake must access the network. For that reason, tags | 443 | tags, BitBake must access the network. If a ``rev`` parameter or |
| 444 | are often not used. As far as Git is concerned, the "tag" parameter | 444 | :term:`SRCREV` is also specified, network access is not necessary to resolve |
| 445 | behaves effectively the same as the "rev" parameter. | 445 | the tag and instead, it is verified that they both resolve to the same commit |
| 446 | SHA at unpack time. The ``tag`` parameter is optional, but strongly | ||
| 447 | recommended if the checked out revision is a tag. | ||
| 446 | 448 | ||
| 447 | - *"subpath":* Limits the checkout to a specific subpath of the tree. | 449 | - *"subpath":* Limits the checkout to a specific subpath of the tree. |
| 448 | By default, the whole tree is checked out. | 450 | By default, the whole tree is checked out. |