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| author |  Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2005-08-24 16:23:08 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2005-08-24 16:50:54 -0700 |
| commit | ab9b31386b494b6c16d651d1560f3ba11c3a1964 (patch) | |
| tree | b236326ca11e2180a58dd15cbde457871bb56244 /Documentation/git-fetch-script.txt | |
| parent | Support +<src>:<dst> format in push as well. (diff) | |
| download | tgif-ab9b31386b494b6c16d651d1560f3ba11c3a1964.tar.xz | |
Documentation: multi-head fetch.
Add documentation related to multi-head work, including $GIT_DIR/remotes/
changes.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-fetch-script.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-fetch-script.txt | 23 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch-script.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch-script.txt index db3086c732..d15222b561 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fetch-script.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fetch-script.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ git-fetch-script(1) =================== -v0.99.4, Aug 2005 +v0.99.5, Aug 2005 NAME ---- @@ -9,24 +9,17 @@ git-fetch-script - Download objects and a head from another repository. SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-fetch-script' <repository> [ <head> | tag <tag> ] +'git-fetch-script' <repository> <refspec>... DESCRIPTION ----------- -Fetches a named head or a tag from another repository, along -with the objects necessary to complete that head or tag. The -head to pull defaults to HEAD if unspecified. The head or tag -fetched from the remote repository is stored in -$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD. - -When a <tag> is specified, the <tag> fetched from the remote is -also copied to the local $GIT_DIR/tags/<tag> file. When no -<head> nor <tag> is specified, and <repository> was specified -with the short-hand notation (i.e. naming a file under the -$GIT_DIR/branches directory), the head fetched from the remote -repository is also copied to the local $GIT_DIR/heads/<repository> -file. +Fetches named heads or tags from another repository, along with +the objects necessary to complete them. + +The ref names and their object names of fetched refs are stored +in $GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD. This information is left for a later merge +operation done by "git resolve" or "git octopus". OPTIONS |