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authorCraig Scott <craig.scott@crascit.com>2022-09-04 13:35:06 (GMT)
committerKitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>2022-09-04 13:35:14 (GMT)
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Merge topic 'ExternalProject-default-git-tag' into release-3.24
2a21555ea7 ExternalProject: note the default of `GIT_TAG` being `master` Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> Merge-request: !7631
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@@ -301,6 +301,9 @@ External Project Definition
If ``GIT_SHALLOW`` is enabled then ``GIT_TAG`` works only with
branch names and tags. A commit hash is not allowed.
+ Note that if not provided, ``GIT_TAG`` defaults to ``master``, not the
+ default Git branch name.
+
``GIT_REMOTE_NAME <name>``
The optional name of the remote. If this option is not specified, it
defaults to ``origin``.