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diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ab6419fe6e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +--all:: + Fetch all remotes. + +-a:: +--append:: + Append ref names and object names of fetched refs to the + existing contents of `.git/FETCH_HEAD`. Without this + option old data in `.git/FETCH_HEAD` will be overwritten. + +--depth=<depth>:: + Deepen the history of a 'shallow' repository created by + `git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see linkgit:git-clone[1]) + by the specified number of commits. + +ifndef::git-pull[] +--dry-run:: + Show what would be done, without making any changes. +endif::git-pull[] + +-f:: +--force:: + When 'git-fetch' is used with `<rbranch>:<lbranch>` + refspec, it refuses to update the local branch + `<lbranch>` unless the remote branch `<rbranch>` it + fetches is a descendant of `<lbranch>`. This option + overrides that check. + +-k:: +--keep:: + Keep downloaded pack. + +ifndef::git-pull[] +--multiple:: + Allow several <repository> and <group> arguments to be + specified. No <refspec>s may be specified. + +--prune:: + After fetching, remove any remote tracking branches which + no longer exist on the remote. +endif::git-pull[] + +ifdef::git-pull[] +--no-tags:: +endif::git-pull[] +ifndef::git-pull[] +-n:: +--no-tags:: +endif::git-pull[] + By default, tags that point at objects that are downloaded + from the remote repository are fetched and stored locally. + This option disables this automatic tag following. + +-t:: +--tags:: + Most of the tags are fetched automatically as branch + heads are downloaded, but tags that do not point at + objects reachable from the branch heads that are being + tracked will not be fetched by this mechanism. This + flag lets all tags and their associated objects be + downloaded. + +-u:: +--update-head-ok:: + By default 'git-fetch' refuses to update the head which + corresponds to the current branch. This flag disables the + check. This is purely for the internal use for 'git-pull' + to communicate with 'git-fetch', and unless you are + implementing your own Porcelain you are not supposed to + use it. + +--upload-pack <upload-pack>:: + When given, and the repository to fetch from is handled + by 'git-fetch-pack', '--exec=<upload-pack>' is passed to + the command to specify non-default path for the command + run on the other end. + +ifndef::git-pull[] +-q:: +--quiet:: + Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally + used git commands. + +-v:: +--verbose:: + Be verbose. +endif::git-pull[] |