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+-a, \--append::
+	Append ref names and object names of fetched refs to the
+	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.
+
+-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.
+
+\--no-tags::
+	By default, `git-fetch` fetches tags that point at
+	objects that are downloaded from the remote repository
+	and stores them locally.  This option disables this
+	automatic tag following.
+
+-t, \--tags::
+	Most of the tags are fetched automatically as branch
+	heads are downloaded, but tags that do not point at
+	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.
+
+-k, \--keep::
+	Keep downloaded pack.
+
+-u, \--update-head-ok::
+	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
+	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 gitlink:git-clone[1])
+	by the specified number of commits.
+