From e966dcd93c0fa3eb80f420088c6de7d9251627e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ronny Pfannschmidt <opensource@ronnypfannschmidt.de>
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2023 15:54:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update CONTRIBUTING.rst to mention tag fetches

closes #11485
---
 CONTRIBUTING.rst | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index bcfd205b1..59b1a533d 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ Short version
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 #. Fork the repository.
+#. fetch tags from upstream if necessary (if you cloned only main `git fetch --tags https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest`
 #. Enable and install `pre-commit <https://pre-commit.com>`_ to ensure style-guides and code checks are followed.
 #. Follow **PEP-8** for naming and `black <https://github.com/psf/black>`_ for formatting.
 #. Tests are run using ``tox``::
@@ -236,6 +237,7 @@ Here is a simple overview, with pytest-specific bits:
 
     $ git clone git@github.com:YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME/pytest.git
     $ cd pytest
+    $ git fetch --tags https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest
     # now, create your own branch off "main":
 
         $ git checkout -b your-bugfix-branch-name main