pkgs/build-support/fetchgit: add fetchTags parameter

Added fetchTags feature to fetchgit, explicit and clear support for
fetching all tags after the source tree fetch completes. Doing this at
build-time in the fetcher is required for packages that invoke commands
like 'git describe' which require tags, and since the nix store is
read-only by design, it is not possible to git fetch --tags at
activation- or run-time. This feature may have been possible by
specifying a postFetch option including calling git fetch --tags,
however doing so obfuscates the solution to this very real problem.
Explicit support for fetching tags should be a first class citizen just
like fetching other refs.

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