How do you "pull request" tags from a fork back to its parent

Question

Hi, we have released code in a fork and after release we do a pull request from the fork back up to its parent (master to master).  But the tags don't get pulled.  Is there any simple way to pull the tags?

I guess I could clone the fork (locally), add the parent as a remote and "git push parent --tags".  Is there any danger that I will push other branches or commits if I do this though?

cofarrell · Accepted Answer

Hi David,

Unfortunately the main mechanism of moving code between forks in Stash (and all Git hosting solutions that I know of) is via branches. As you've suggested your best bet is to fetch locally and then push up to 'parent'. If you're worried about using '--tags' (which will push _all_ local tags, but not branches) you can push each tag manually:

git push parent tag-1 tag-2

Generally most teams I know of (including Stash) will always 'release' from the main/parent repository as that is usually the source of truth. Just out of curiosity, is there any reason you don't do that instead?

Charles