git-fetch-pack(1) ================= NAME ---- git-fetch-pack - Receive missing objects from another repository. SYNOPSIS -------- git-fetch-pack [-q] [--exec=<git-upload-pack>] [<host>:]<directory> [<refs>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- Invokes 'git-upload-pack' on a potentially 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 'git-upload-pack' running on the other end. This command degenerates to download everything to complete the asked refs from the remote side when the local side does not have a common ancestor commit. OPTIONS ------- -q:: Pass '-q' flag to 'git-unpack-objects'; this makes the cloning process less verbose. --exec=<git-upload-pack>:: Use this to specify the path to 'git-upload-pack' on the remote side, if is not found on your $PATH. Installations of sshd ignores the user's environment setup scripts for login shells (e.g. .bash_profile) and your privately installed git may not be found on the system default $PATH. Another workaround suggested is to set up your $PATH in ".bashrc", but this flag is for people who do not want to pay the overhead for non-interactive shells by having a lean .bashrc file (they set most of the things up in .bash_profile). <host>:: A remote host that houses the repository. When this part is specified, 'git-upload-pack' is invoked via ssh. <directory>:: The repository to sync from. <refs>...:: The remote heads to update from. This is relative to $GIT_DIR (e.g. "HEAD", "refs/heads/master"). When unspecified, update from all heads the remote side has. Author ------ Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> Documentation -------------- Documentation by Junio C Hamano. GIT --- Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite