Merge pull request #11486 from pytest-dev/RonnyPfannschmidt-contributing-tags

Author: Zac-HD

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 [email protected]: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