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authorLibravatar Jon Loeliger <jdl@freescale.com>2005-11-06 23:30:56 -0600
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2005-11-06 23:32:04 -0800
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Refactored merge options into separate merge-options.txt.
Refactored fetch options into separate fetch-options.txt. Made git-merge use merge-options. Made git-fetch use fetch-options. Made git-pull use merge-options and fetch-options. Added --help option to git-pull and git-format-patch scripts. Rewrote Documentation/Makefile to dynamically determine include dependencies. Signed-off-by: Jon Loeliger <jdl@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-fetch - Download objects and a head from another repository.
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-fetch' <repository> <refspec>...
+'git-fetch' <options> <repository> <refspec>...
DESCRIPTION
@@ -17,24 +17,16 @@ 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
+in `.git/FETCH_HEAD`. This information is left for a later merge
operation done by "git resolve" or "git octopus".
OPTIONS
-------
-include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
+include::fetch-options.txt[]
--a, \--append::
- Append ref names and object names of fetched refs to the
- existing contents of $GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD. Without this
- option old data in $GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD will be overwritten.
+include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
--u, \--update-head-ok::
- By default 'git-fetch' refuses to update the head which
- corresponds to the current branch. This flag disables the
- check. Note that fetching into the current branch will not
- update the index and working directory, so use it with care.
SEE ALSO