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+git-fetch(1)
+============
+
+NAME
+----
+git-fetch - Download objects and a head from another repository
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+'git-fetch' <options> <repository> <refspec>...
+
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+Fetches named heads or tags from another repository, along with
+the objects necessary to complete them.
+
+The ref names and their object names of fetched refs are stored
+in `.git/FETCH_HEAD`. This information is left for a later merge
+operation done by "git merge".
+
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+include::fetch-options.txt[]
+
+include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
+
+include::urls.txt[]
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+gitlink:git-pull[1]
+
+
+Author
+------
+Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
+Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
+
+Documentation
+-------------
+Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite