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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index ab6419fe6e..9333c42c55 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ endif::git-pull[] -f:: --force:: - When 'git-fetch' is used with `<rbranch>:<lbranch>` + 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 @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ ifndef::git-pull[] Allow several <repository> and <group> arguments to be specified. No <refspec>s may be specified. +-p:: --prune:: After fetching, remove any remote tracking branches which no longer exist on the remote. @@ -61,16 +62,16 @@ endif::git-pull[] -u:: --update-head-ok:: - By default 'git-fetch' refuses to update the head which + 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 + 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 + 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. @@ -78,9 +79,16 @@ ifndef::git-pull[] -q:: --quiet:: Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally - used git commands. + used git commands. Progress is not reported to the standard error + stream. -v:: --verbose:: Be verbose. endif::git-pull[] + +--progress:: + Progress status is reported on the standard error stream + by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q + is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the + standard error stream is not directed to a terminal. |