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diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index 97d3217df9..fa0a3151b3 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -42,6 +42,25 @@ the current repository has the same history as the source repository. .git/shallow. This option updates .git/shallow and accept such refs. +--negotiation-tip=<commit|glob>:: + By default, Git will report, to the server, commits reachable + from all local refs to find common commits in an attempt to + reduce the size of the to-be-received packfile. If specified, + Git will only report commits reachable from the given tips. + This is useful to speed up fetches when the user knows which + local ref is likely to have commits in common with the + upstream ref being fetched. ++ +This option may be specified more than once; if so, Git will report +commits reachable from any of the given commits. ++ +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]. + ifndef::git-pull[] --dry-run:: Show what would be done, without making any changes. @@ -49,11 +68,16 @@ 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. + When 'git fetch' is used with `<src>:<dst>` refspec it may + refuse to update the local branch as discussed +ifdef::git-pull[] + in the `<refspec>` part of the linkgit:git-fetch[1] + documentation. +endif::git-pull[] +ifndef::git-pull[] + in the `<refspec>` part below. +endif::git-pull[] + This option overrides that check. -k:: --keep:: |