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--- a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ git-fetch-pack - Receive missing objects from another repository
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git fetch-pack' [--all] [--quiet|-q] [--keep|-k] [--thin] [--include-tag] [--upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>] [--depth=<n>] [--no-progress] [-v] [<host>:]<directory> [<refs>...]
+[verse]
+'git fetch-pack' [--all] [--quiet|-q] [--keep|-k] [--thin] [--include-tag]
+ [--upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>]
+ [--depth=<n>] [--no-progress]
+ [-v] <repository> [<refs>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -31,6 +35,16 @@ OPTIONS
--all::
Fetch all remote refs.
+--stdin::
+ Take the list of refs from stdin, one per line. If there
+ are refs specified on the command line in addition to this
+ option, then the refs from stdin are processed after those
+ on the command line.
++
+If '--stateless-rpc' is specified together with this option then
+the list of refs must be in packet format (pkt-line). Each ref must
+be in a separate packet, and the list must end with a flush packet.
+
-q::
--quiet::
Pass '-q' flag to 'git unpack-objects'; this makes the
@@ -66,38 +80,38 @@ OPTIONS
the things up in .bash_profile).
--exec=<git-upload-pack>::
- Same as \--upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>.
+ Same as --upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>.
--depth=<n>::
Limit fetching to ancestor-chains not longer than n.
+ 'git-upload-pack' treats the special depth 2147483647 as
+ infinite even if there is an ancestor-chain that long.
--no-progress::
Do not show the progress.
+--check-self-contained-and-connected::
+ Output "connectivity-ok" if the received pack is
+ self-contained and connected.
+
-v::
Run verbosely.
-<host>::
- A remote host that houses the repository. When this
- part is specified, 'git-upload-pack' is invoked via
- ssh.
-
-<directory>::
- The repository to sync from.
+<repository>::
+ The URL to the remote repository.
<refs>...::
The remote heads to update from. This is relative to
$GIT_DIR (e.g. "HEAD", "refs/heads/master"). When
unspecified, update from all heads the remote side has.
++
+If the remote has enabled the options `uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant` or
+`uploadpack.allowReachableSHA1InWant`, they may alternatively be 40-hex
+sha1s present on the remote.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:git-fetch[1]
GIT
---