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authorLibravatar Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>2021-06-30 18:38:11 +0200
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2021-06-30 14:57:22 -0700
commit60fadf8bd2abe6bede48bcf42377f6c8b7c1d0bb (patch)
tree4dab22eb420717f1395847bfd3086d5d35a82a5e /Documentation
parentsend-pack.c: move "no refs in common" abort earlier (diff)
downloadtgif-60fadf8bd2abe6bede48bcf42377f6c8b7c1d0bb.tar.xz
fetch: document the --negotiate-only option
There was no documentation for the --negotiate-only option added in 9c1e657a8fd (fetch: teach independent negotiation (no packfile), 2021-05-04), only documentation for the related push.negotiation option added in the following commit in 477673d6f39 (send-pack: support push negotiation, 2021-05-04). Let's document it, and update the cross-linking I'd added between --negotiation-tip=* and 'fetch.negotiationAlgorithm' in 526608284a7 (fetch doc: cross-link two new negotiation options, 2018-08-01). I think it would be better to say "in common with the remote" here than "...the server", but the documentation for --negotiation-tip=* above this talks about "the server", so let's continue doing that in this related option. See 3390e42adb3 (fetch-pack: support negotiation tip whitelist, 2018-07-02) for that documentation. Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/fetch.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/fetch-options.txt13
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config/fetch.txt b/Documentation/config/fetch.txt
index 6af6f5edb2..63748c02b7 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/fetch.txt
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ fetch.negotiationAlgorithm::
setting defaults to "skipping".
Unknown values will cause 'git fetch' to error out.
+
-See also the `--negotiation-tip` option for linkgit:git-fetch[1].
+See also the `--negotiate-only` and `--negotiation-tip` options to
+linkgit:git-fetch[1].
fetch.showForcedUpdates::
Set to false to enable `--no-show-forced-updates` in
diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
index 9e7b4e189c..e967ff1874 100644
--- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
@@ -62,8 +62,17 @@ The argument to this option may be a glob on ref names, a ref, or the (possibly
abbreviated) SHA-1 of a commit. Specifying a glob is equivalent to specifying
this option multiple times, one for each matching ref name.
+
-See also the `fetch.negotiationAlgorithm` configuration variable
-documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
+See also the `fetch.negotiationAlgorithm` and `push.negotiate`
+configuration variables documented in linkgit:git-config[1], and the
+`--negotiate-only` option below.
+
+--negotiate-only::
+ Do not fetch anything from the server, and instead print the
+ ancestors of the provided `--negotiation-tip=*` arguments,
+ which we have in common with the server.
++
+Internally this is used to implement the `push.negotiate` option, see
+linkgit:git-config[1].
--dry-run::
Show what would be done, without making any changes.