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diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index 2bf77b46fd..e967ff1874 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ existing contents of `.git/FETCH_HEAD`. Without this option old data in `.git/FETCH_HEAD` will be overwritten. +--atomic:: + Use an atomic transaction to update local refs. Either all refs are + updated, or on error, no refs are updated. + --depth=<depth>:: Limit fetching to the specified number of commits from the tip of each remote branch history. If fetching to a 'shallow' repository @@ -58,8 +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. @@ -106,6 +119,11 @@ ifndef::git-pull[] setting `fetch.writeCommitGraph`. endif::git-pull[] +--prefetch:: + Modify the configured refspec to place all refs into the + `refs/prefetch/` namespace. See the `prefetch` task in + linkgit:git-maintenance[1]. + -p:: --prune:: Before fetching, remove any remote-tracking references that no |