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+++ b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt
@@ -3,16 +3,20 @@ git-http-fetch(1)
NAME
----
-git-http-fetch - Download from a remote git repository via HTTP
+git-http-fetch - Download from a remote Git repository via HTTP
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-http-fetch' [-c] [-t] [-a] [-d] [-v] [-w filename] [--recover] [--stdin] <commit> <url>
+[verse]
+'git http-fetch' [-c] [-t] [-a] [-d] [-v] [-w filename] [--recover] [--stdin] <commit> <url>
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Downloads a remote git repository via HTTP.
+Downloads a remote Git repository via HTTP.
+
+*NOTE*: use of this command without -a is deprecated. The -a
+behaviour will become the default in a future release.
OPTIONS
-------
@@ -34,8 +38,8 @@ commit-id::
the local end after the transfer is complete.
--stdin::
- Instead of a commit id on the commandline (which is not expected in this
- case), 'git-http-fetch' expects lines on stdin in the format
+ Instead of a commit id on the command line (which is not expected in this
+ case), 'git http-fetch' expects lines on stdin in the format
<commit-id>['\t'<filename-as-in--w>]
@@ -43,15 +47,6 @@ commit-id::
Verify that everything reachable from target is fetched. Used after
an earlier fetch is interrupted.
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite