From 1e592d65b50dbec87fde9f4ef1b7fd8d90bf7b8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Theodore Ts'o Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 23:00:00 -0500 Subject: Teach git-remote to update existing remotes by fetching from them This allows users to use the command "git remote update" to update all remotes that are being tracked in the repository. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/config.txt | 4 ++++ Documentation/git-remote.txt | 10 +++++++++- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 38655350f2..d8e696f4cd 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -439,6 +439,10 @@ pull.octopus:: pull.twohead:: The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch. +remote.fetch:: + The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update". + See gitlink:git-remote[1]. + remote..url:: The URL of a remote repository. See gitlink:git-fetch[1] or gitlink:git-push[1]. diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt index a60c31a315..06ba2e6f26 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git-remote' add 'git-remote' show 'git-remote' prune +'git-remote' update DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -40,7 +41,14 @@ Gives some information about the remote . Deletes all stale tracking branches under . These stale branches have already been removed from the remote repository -referenced by , but are still locally available in "remotes/". +referenced by , but are still locally available in +"remotes/". + +'update':: + +Fetch updates for the remotes in the repository. By default all remotes +are updated, but this can be configured via the configuration parameter +'remote.fetch'. (See gitlink:git-config[1]). DISCUSSION -- cgit v1.2.3