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diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index b09a783ee3..8bc36af4b1 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -8,10 +8,25 @@ 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:: If the source repository is complete, convert a shallow @@ -27,6 +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. @@ -51,14 +85,29 @@ 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 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. + subject to pruning. Supplying `--prune-tags` is a shorthand for + providing the tag refspec. ++ +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. + endif::git-pull[] ifndef::git-pull[] @@ -68,7 +117,7 @@ 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. 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[] @@ -87,7 +136,7 @@ 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 +149,16 @@ 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 +185,7 @@ 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 +206,19 @@ 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. + When multiple `--server-option=<option>` are given, they are all + sent to the other side in the order listed on the command line. + +-4:: +--ipv4:: + Use IPv4 addresses only, ignoring IPv6 addresses. + +-6:: +--ipv6:: + Use IPv6 addresses only, ignoring IPv4 addresses. |