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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-11-23 00:03:15 -0800
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-11-23 00:03:15 -0800
commit65c042d44dc843021f1410f1219104681fdd3469 (patch)
treeead97f95ff999e3279929760d095c0edcb1adf1a /Documentation
parentbisect: simplify calling visualizer using '--bisect' option (diff)
parentRe-implement 'git remote update' using 'git fetch' (diff)
downloadtgif-65c042d44dc843021f1410f1219104681fdd3469.tar.xz
Merge branch 'bg/fetch-multi'
* bg/fetch-multi: Re-implement 'git remote update' using 'git fetch' builtin-fetch: add --dry-run option builtin-fetch: add --prune option teach warn_dangling_symref to take a FILE argument remote: refactor some logic into get_stale_heads() Add missing test for 'git remote update --prune' Add the configuration option skipFetchAll Teach the --multiple option to 'git fetch' Teach the --all option to 'git fetch'
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/fetch-options.txt18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-fetch.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt7
4 files changed, 44 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 55d7e11da2..657f0016d3 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1437,7 +1437,13 @@ remote.<name>.mirror::
remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate::
If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
- using the update subcommand of linkgit:git-remote[1].
+ using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
+ linkgit:git-remote[1].
+
+remote.<name>.skipFetchAll::
+ If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
+ using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
+ linkgit:git-remote[1].
remote.<name>.receivepack::
The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See
diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
index 28868747da..ab6419fe6e 100644
--- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+--all::
+ Fetch all remotes.
+
-a::
--append::
Append ref names and object names of fetched refs to the
@@ -9,6 +12,11 @@
`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>`
@@ -21,6 +29,16 @@
--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[]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
index f2483d624e..9b9e5686e4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
@@ -10,11 +10,17 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
'git fetch' <options> <repository> <refspec>...
+'git fetch' <options> <group>
+
+'git fetch' --multiple <options> [<repository> | <group>]...
+
+'git fetch' --all <options>
+
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Fetches named heads or tags from another repository, along with
-the objects necessary to complete them.
+Fetches named heads or tags from one or more other repositories,
+along with the objects necessary to complete them.
The ref names and their object names of fetched refs are stored
in `.git/FETCH_HEAD`. This information is left for a later merge
@@ -28,6 +34,10 @@ pointed by remote tags that it does not yet have, then fetch
those missing tags. If the other end has tags that point at
branches you are not interested in, you will not get them.
+'git fetch' can fetch from either a single named repository, or
+or from several repositories at once if <group> is given and
+there is a remotes.<group> entry in the configuration file.
+(See linkgit:git-config[1]).
OPTIONS
-------
diff --git a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt
index 44d936341f..0551ebdfaf 100644
--- a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
(see the section <<URLS,GIT URLS>> below) or the name
of a remote (see the section <<REMOTES,REMOTES>> below).
+ifndef::git-pull[]
+<group>::
+ A name referring to a list of repositories as the value
+ of remotes.<group> in the configuration file.
+ (See linkgit:git-config[1]).
+endif::git-pull[]
+
<refspec>::
The format of a <refspec> parameter is an optional plus
`{plus}`, followed by the source ref <src>, followed