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@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@
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.
--unshallow::
If the source repository is complete, convert a shallow
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ ifndef::git-pull[]
-p::
--prune::
- After fetching, remove any remote-tracking references that no
+ 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
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ ifndef::git-pull[]
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').
+ destination of an explicit refspec; see `--prune`).
--recurse-submodules[=yes|on-demand|no]::
This option controls if and under what conditions new commits of
@@ -100,9 +101,16 @@ ifndef::git-pull[]
reference to a commit that isn't already in the local submodule
clone.
+-j::
+--jobs=<n>::
+ Number of parallel children to be used for fetching submodules.
+ Each will fetch from different submodules, such that fetching many
+ submodules will be faster. By default submodules will be fetched
+ one at a time.
+
--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).
--submodule-prefix=<path>::
Prepend <path> to paths printed in informative messages
@@ -129,7 +137,7 @@ 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.
@@ -150,3 +158,11 @@ 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.
+
+-4::
+--ipv4::
+ Use IPv4 addresses only, ignoring IPv6 addresses.
+
+-6::
+--ipv6::
+ Use IPv6 addresses only, ignoring IPv4 addresses.