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+--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[]