1 files changed, 21 insertions, 29 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index 95fd0018b9..1c6573345e 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ static struct ref *get_ref_map(struct remote *remote,
 		struct refspec_item tag_refspec;
 
 		/* also fetch all tags */
-		refspec_item_init(&tag_refspec, TAG_REFSPEC, 0);
+		refspec_item_init_push(&tag_refspec, TAG_REFSPEC);
 		get_fetch_map(remote_refs, &tag_refspec, &tail, 0);
 		refspec_item_clear(&tag_refspec);
 	} else if (tags == TAGS_DEFAULT && *autotags) {
@@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@ static int set_head(const struct ref *remote_refs, struct remote *remote)
 
 	get_fetch_map(remote_refs, &refspec, &fetch_map_tail, 0);
 	matches = guess_remote_head(find_ref_by_name(remote_refs, "HEAD"),
-				    fetch_map, 1);
+				    fetch_map, REMOTE_GUESS_HEAD_ALL);
 	for (ref = matches; ref; ref = ref->next) {
 		string_list_append(&heads, strip_refshead(ref->name));
 	}
@@ -1718,7 +1718,6 @@ static int do_fetch(struct transport *transport,
 	const struct ref *remote_refs;
 	struct transport_ls_refs_options transport_ls_refs_options =
 		TRANSPORT_LS_REFS_OPTIONS_INIT;
-	int must_list_refs = 1;
 	struct fetch_head fetch_head = { 0 };
 	struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT;
 
@@ -1737,21 +1736,7 @@ static int do_fetch(struct transport *transport,
 	}
 
 	if (rs->nr) {
-		int i;
-
 		refspec_ref_prefixes(rs, &transport_ls_refs_options.ref_prefixes);
-
-		/*
-		 * We can avoid listing refs if all of them are exact
-		 * OIDs
-		 */
-		must_list_refs = 0;
-		for (i = 0; i < rs->nr; i++) {
-			if (!rs->items[i].exact_sha1) {
-				must_list_refs = 1;
-				break;
-			}
-		}
 	} else {
 		struct branch *branch = branch_get(NULL);
 
@@ -1766,23 +1751,30 @@ static int do_fetch(struct transport *transport,
 					    branch->merge[i]->src);
 			}
 		}
-	}
 
-	if (tags == TAGS_SET || tags == TAGS_DEFAULT) {
-		must_list_refs = 1;
-		if (transport_ls_refs_options.ref_prefixes.nr)
-			strvec_push(&transport_ls_refs_options.ref_prefixes,
-				    "refs/tags/");
-	}
-
-	if (uses_remote_tracking(transport, rs)) {
-		must_list_refs = 1;
-		if (transport_ls_refs_options.ref_prefixes.nr)
+		/*
+		 * If there are no refs specified to fetch, then we just
+		 * fetch HEAD; mention that to narrow the advertisement.
+		 */
+		if (!transport_ls_refs_options.ref_prefixes.nr)
 			strvec_push(&transport_ls_refs_options.ref_prefixes,
 				    "HEAD");
 	}
 
-	if (must_list_refs) {
+	if (tags == TAGS_SET || tags == TAGS_DEFAULT)
+		strvec_push(&transport_ls_refs_options.ref_prefixes,
+			    "refs/tags/");
+
+	if (transport_ls_refs_options.ref_prefixes.nr &&
+	    uses_remote_tracking(transport, rs))
+		strvec_push(&transport_ls_refs_options.ref_prefixes,
+			    "HEAD");
+
+	/*
+	 * Only initiate ref listing if we have at least one ref we want to
+	 * know about.
+	 */
+	if (transport_ls_refs_options.ref_prefixes.nr) {
 		trace2_region_enter("fetch", "remote_refs", the_repository);
 		remote_refs = transport_get_remote_refs(transport,
 							&transport_ls_refs_options);