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1 files changed, 21 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index 00d03ec8c3..07783deee3 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 @@ -64,6 +68,15 @@ documented in linkgit:git-config[1]. --dry-run:: Show what would be done, without making any changes. +ifndef::git-pull[] +--[no-]write-fetch-head:: + Write the list of remote refs fetched in the `FETCH_HEAD` + file directly under `$GIT_DIR`. This is the default. + Passing `--no-write-fetch-head` from the command line tells + Git not to write the file. Under `--dry-run` option, the + file is never written. +endif::git-pull[] + -f:: --force:: When 'git fetch' is used with `<src>:<dst>` refspec it may @@ -86,9 +99,11 @@ ifndef::git-pull[] Allow several <repository> and <group> arguments to be specified. No <refspec>s may be specified. +--[no-]auto-maintenance:: --[no-]auto-gc:: - Run `git gc --auto` at the end to perform garbage collection - if needed. This is enabled by default. + Run `git maintenance run --auto` at the end to perform automatic + repository maintenance if needed. (`--[no-]auto-gc` is a synonym.) + This is enabled by default. --[no-]write-commit-graph:: Write a commit-graph after fetching. This overrides the config @@ -163,7 +178,8 @@ ifndef::git-pull[] value. Use 'on-demand' to only recurse into a populated submodule when the superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's reference to a commit that isn't already in the local submodule - clone. + clone. By default, 'on-demand' is used, unless + `fetch.recurseSubmodules` is set (see linkgit:git-config[1]). endif::git-pull[] -j:: @@ -185,7 +201,7 @@ ifndef::git-pull[] endif::git-pull[] --set-upstream:: - If the remote is fetched successfully, pull and add upstream + If the remote is fetched successfully, add upstream (tracking) reference, used by argument-less linkgit:git-pull[1] and other commands. For more information, see `branch.<name>.merge` and `branch.<name>.remote` in @@ -204,7 +220,6 @@ ifndef::git-pull[] recursion (such as settings in linkgit:gitmodules[5] and linkgit:git-config[1]) override this option, as does specifying --[no-]recurse-submodules directly. -endif::git-pull[] -u:: --update-head-ok:: @@ -214,6 +229,7 @@ endif::git-pull[] to communicate with 'git fetch', and unless you are implementing your own Porcelain you are not supposed to use it. +endif::git-pull[] --upload-pack <upload-pack>:: When given, and the repository to fetch from is handled |