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diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index 85c87180db..39d326abc6 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -1,11 +1,5 @@ --q:: ---quiet:: - Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally - used programs. - --v:: ---verbose:: - Be verbose. +--all:: + Fetch all remotes. -a:: --append:: @@ -13,20 +7,39 @@ existing contents of `.git/FETCH_HEAD`. Without this option old data in `.git/FETCH_HEAD` will be overwritten. ---upload-pack <upload-pack>:: - When given, and the repository to fetch from is handled - 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. +--depth=<depth>:: + Deepen the history of a 'shallow' repository created by + `git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see linkgit:git-clone[1]) + by the specified number of commits. + +ifndef::git-pull[] +--dry-run:: + Show what would be done, without making any changes. +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 overrides that check. +-k:: +--keep:: + Keep downloaded pack. + +ifndef::git-pull[] +--multiple:: + 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. +endif::git-pull[] + ifdef::git-pull[] --no-tags:: endif::git-pull[] @@ -36,8 +49,11 @@ ifndef::git-pull[] 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. + This option disables this automatic tag following. The default + behavior for a remote may be specified with the remote.<name>.tagopt + setting. See linkgit:git-config[1]. +ifndef::git-pull[] -t:: --tags:: Most of the tags are fetched automatically as branch @@ -45,22 +61,68 @@ endif::git-pull[] objects reachable from the branch heads that are being tracked will not be fetched by this mechanism. This flag lets all tags and their associated objects be - downloaded. + downloaded. The default behavior for a remote may be + specified with the remote.<name>.tagopt setting. See + linkgit:git-config[1]. --k:: ---keep:: - Keep downloaded pack. +--recurse-submodules[=yes|on-demand|no]:: + This option controls if and under what conditions new commits of + populated submodules should be fetched too. It can be used as a + boolean option to completely disable recursion when set to 'no' or to + unconditionally recurse into all populated submodules when set to + 'yes', which is the default when this option is used without any + 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. + +--no-recurse-submodules:: + Disable recursive fetching of submodules (this has the same effect as + using the '--recurse-submodules=no' option). + +--submodule-prefix=<path>:: + Prepend <path> to paths printed in informative messages + such as "Fetching submodule foo". This option is used + internally when recursing over submodules. + +--recurse-submodules-default=[yes|on-demand]:: + This option is used internally to temporarily provide a + non-negative default value for the --recurse-submodules + option. All other methods of configuring fetch's submodule + 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:: - 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. ---depth=<depth>:: - Deepen the history of a 'shallow' repository created by - `git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see linkgit:git-clone[1]) - by the specified number of commits. +--upload-pack <upload-pack>:: + When given, and the repository to fetch from is handled + 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. + +ifndef::git-pull[] +-q:: +--quiet:: + Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally + 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. |