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diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt index 5b1909fdf4..9067c2079e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt @@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ include::fetch-options.txt[] include::pull-fetch-param.txt[] +--stdin:: + Read refspecs, one per line, from stdin in addition to those provided + as arguments. The "tag <name>" format is not supported. + include::urls-remotes.txt[] @@ -255,14 +259,14 @@ refspec. * Using refspecs explicitly: + ------------------------------------------------ -$ git fetch origin +pu:pu maint:tmp +$ git fetch origin +seen:seen maint:tmp ------------------------------------------------ + -This updates (or creates, as necessary) branches `pu` and `tmp` in +This updates (or creates, as necessary) branches `seen` and `tmp` in the local repository by fetching from the branches (respectively) -`pu` and `maint` from the remote repository. +`seen` and `maint` from the remote repository. + -The `pu` branch will be updated even if it does not fast-forward, +The `seen` branch will be updated even if it does not fast-forward, because it is prefixed with a plus sign; `tmp` will not be. * Peek at a remote's branch, without configuring the remote in your local |