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@@ -8,27 +8,74 @@
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.
+
+--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.
-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::
@@ -39,34 +86,74 @@ ifndef::git-pull[]
Allow several <repository> and <group> arguments to be
specified. No <refspec>s may be specified.
+--[no-]auto-gc::
+ Run `git gc --auto` at the end to perform garbage collection
+ if needed. This is enabled by default.
+
+--[no-]write-commit-graph::
+ Write a commit-graph after fetching. This overrides the config
+ setting `fetch.writeCommitGraph`.
+endif::git-pull[]
+
-p::
--prune::
- After fetching, remove any remote-tracking branches which
- no longer exist on the remote.
-endif::git-pull[]
+ 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
+ are fetched due to an explicit refspec (either on the command
+ line or in the remote configuration, for example if the remote
+ was cloned with the --mirror option), then they are also
+ subject to pruning. Supplying `--prune-tags` is a shorthand for
+ providing the tag refspec.
+ifndef::git-pull[]
++
+See the PRUNING section below for more details.
+
+-P::
+--prune-tags::
+ Before fetching, remove any local tags that no longer exist on
+ the remote if `--prune` is enabled. This option should be used
+ more carefully, unlike `--prune` it will remove any local
+ references (local tags) that have been created. This option is
+ a shorthand for providing the explicit tag refspec along with
+ `--prune`, see the discussion about that in its documentation.
++
+See the PRUNING section below for more details.
-ifdef::git-pull[]
---no-tags::
endif::git-pull[]
+
ifndef::git-pull[]
-n::
---no-tags::
endif::git-pull[]
+--no-tags::
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. Providing an empty `<refspec>` to the
+ `--refmap` option causes Git to ignore the configured
+ refspecs and rely entirely on the refspecs supplied as
+ command-line arguments. See section on "Configured Remote-tracking
+ Branches" for details.
+
-t::
--tags::
- This is a short-hand for giving `refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*`
- refspec from the command line, to ask all tags to be fetched
- and stored locally. Because this acts as an explicit
- refspec, the default refspecs (configured with the
- remote.$name.fetch variable) are overridden and not used.
+ Fetch all tags from the remote (i.e., fetch remote tags
+ `refs/tags/*` into local tags with the same name), in addition
+ 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`).
+ifndef::git-pull[]
--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
@@ -76,12 +163,36 @@ 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::
+--jobs=<n>::
+ Number of parallel children to be used for all forms of fetching.
++
+If the `--multiple` option was specified, the different remotes will be fetched
+in parallel. If multiple submodules are fetched, they will be fetched in
+parallel. To control them independently, use the config settings
+`fetch.parallel` and `submodule.fetchJobs` (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
++
+Typically, parallel recursive and multi-remote fetches will be faster. By
+default fetches are performed sequentially, not in parallel.
+ifndef::git-pull[]
--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).
+endif::git-pull[]
+--set-upstream::
+ If the remote is fetched successfully, pull and 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
+ linkgit:git-config[1].
+
+ifndef::git-pull[]
--submodule-prefix=<path>::
Prepend <path> to paths printed in informative messages
such as "Fetching submodule foo". This option is used
@@ -94,7 +205,6 @@ 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::
@@ -104,10 +214,11 @@ 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
- 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.
@@ -128,3 +239,33 @@ 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.
+
+-o <option>::
+--server-option=<option>::
+ Transmit the given string to the server when communicating using
+ protocol version 2. The given string must not contain a NUL or LF
+ character. The server's handling of server options, including
+ unknown ones, is server-specific.
+ When multiple `--server-option=<option>` are given, they are all
+ sent to the other side in the order listed on the command line.
+
+--show-forced-updates::
+ By default, git checks if a branch is force-updated during
+ fetch. This can be disabled through fetch.showForcedUpdates, but
+ the --show-forced-updates option guarantees this check occurs.
+ See linkgit:git-config[1].
+
+--no-show-forced-updates::
+ By default, git checks if a branch is force-updated during
+ fetch. Pass --no-show-forced-updates or set fetch.showForcedUpdates
+ to false to skip this check for performance reasons. If used during
+ 'git-pull' the --ff-only option will still check for forced updates
+ before attempting a fast-forward update. See linkgit:git-config[1].
+
+-4::
+--ipv4::
+ Use IPv4 addresses only, ignoring IPv6 addresses.
+
+-6::
+--ipv6::
+ Use IPv6 addresses only, ignoring IPv4 addresses.