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diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index f0ef7d02a5..fb6bebbc61 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -8,14 +8,39 @@ option old data in `.git/FETCH_HEAD` will be overwritten. --depth=<depth>:: - Deepen or shorten the history of a 'shallow' repository created by - `git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see linkgit:git-clone[1]) - to the specified number of commits from the tip of each remote - branch history. Tags for the deepened commits are not fetched. + Limit fetching to the specified number of commits from the tip of + each remote branch history. If fetching to a 'shallow' repository + created by `git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see + linkgit:git-clone[1]), deepen or shorten the history to the specified + number of commits. Tags for the deepened commits are not fetched. + +--deepen=<depth>:: + Similar to --depth, except it specifies the number of commits + from the current shallow boundary instead of from the tip of + each remote branch history. + +--shallow-since=<date>:: + Deepen or shorten the history of a shallow repository to + include all reachable commits after <date>. + +--shallow-exclude=<revision>:: + Deepen or shorten the history of a shallow repository to + exclude commits reachable from a specified remote branch or tag. + This option can be specified multiple times. --unshallow:: - Convert a shallow repository to a complete one, removing all - the limitations imposed by shallow repositories. + If the source repository is complete, convert a shallow + repository to a complete one, removing all the limitations + imposed by shallow repositories. ++ +If the source repository is shallow, fetch as much as possible so that +the current repository has the same history as the source repository. + +--update-shallow:: + By default when fetching from a shallow repository, + `git fetch` refuses refs that require updating + .git/shallow. This option updates .git/shallow and accept such + refs. ifndef::git-pull[] --dry-run:: @@ -41,7 +66,7 @@ ifndef::git-pull[] -p:: --prune:: - After fetching, remove any remote-tracking references that no + Before fetching, remove any remote-tracking references that no longer exist on the remote. Tags are not subject to pruning if they are fetched only because of the default tag auto-following or due to a --tags option. However, if tags @@ -58,10 +83,18 @@ 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. The default - behavior for a remote may be specified with the remote.<name>.tagopt + behavior for a remote may be specified with the remote.<name>.tagOpt setting. See linkgit:git-config[1]. ifndef::git-pull[] +--refmap=<refspec>:: + When fetching refs listed on the command line, use the + specified refspec (can be given more than once) to map the + refs to remote-tracking branches, instead of the values of + `remote.*.fetch` configuration variables for the remote + repository. See section on "Configured Remote-tracking + Branches" for details. + -t:: --tags:: Fetch all tags from the remote (i.e., fetch remote tags @@ -69,7 +102,7 @@ ifndef::git-pull[] to whatever else would otherwise be fetched. Using this option alone does not subject tags to pruning, even if --prune is used (though tags may be pruned anyway if they are also the - destination of an explicit refspec; see '--prune'). + destination of an explicit refspec; see `--prune`). --recurse-submodules[=yes|on-demand|no]:: This option controls if and under what conditions new commits of @@ -82,9 +115,16 @@ ifndef::git-pull[] reference to a commit that isn't already in the local submodule clone. +-j:: +--jobs=<n>:: + Number of parallel children to be used for fetching submodules. + Each will fetch from different submodules, such that fetching many + submodules will be faster. By default submodules will be fetched + one at a time. + --no-recurse-submodules:: Disable recursive fetching of submodules (this has the same effect as - using the '--recurse-submodules=no' option). + using the `--recurse-submodules=no` option). --submodule-prefix=<path>:: Prepend <path> to paths printed in informative messages @@ -111,7 +151,7 @@ endif::git-pull[] --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. @@ -132,3 +172,11 @@ endif::git-pull[] 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. + +-4:: +--ipv4:: + Use IPv4 addresses only, ignoring IPv6 addresses. + +-6:: +--ipv6:: + Use IPv6 addresses only, ignoring IPv4 addresses. |