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diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt index e9952e8210..4a8487c154 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ higher level wrapper of this command, instead. Invokes 'git-upload-pack' on a possibly remote repository and asks it to send objects missing from this repository, to update the named heads. The list of commits available locally -is found out by scanning local $GIT_DIR/refs/ and sent to +is found out by scanning the local refs/ hierarchy and sent to 'git-upload-pack' running on the other end. This command degenerates to download everything to complete the @@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ OPTIONS locked against repacking. --thin:: - Spend extra cycles to minimize the number of objects to be sent. - Use it on slower connection. + Fetch a "thin" pack, which records objects in deltified form based + on objects not included in the pack to reduce network traffic. --include-tag:: If the remote side supports it, annotated tags objects will |