1 git-fetch-pack(1)
2 =================
4 NAME
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6 git-fetch-pack - Receive missing objects from another repository
9 SYNOPSIS
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11 'git-fetch-pack' [-q] [-k] [--exec=<git-upload-pack>] [<host>:]<directory> [<refs>...]
13 DESCRIPTION
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15 Invokes 'git-upload-pack' on a potentially remote repository,
16 and asks it to send objects missing from this repository, to
17 update the named heads. The list of commits available locally
18 is found out by scanning local $GIT_DIR/refs/ and sent to
19 'git-upload-pack' running on the other end.
21 This command degenerates to download everything to complete the
22 asked refs from the remote side when the local side does not
23 have a common ancestor commit.
26 OPTIONS
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28 -q::
29 Pass '-q' flag to 'git-unpack-objects'; this makes the
30 cloning process less verbose.
32 -k::
33 Do not invoke 'git-unpack-objects' on received data, but
34 create a single packfile out of it instead, and store it
35 in the object database. If provided twice then the pack is
36 locked against repacking.
38 --exec=<git-upload-pack>::
39 Use this to specify the path to 'git-upload-pack' on the
40 remote side, if is not found on your $PATH.
41 Installations of sshd ignores the user's environment
42 setup scripts for login shells (e.g. .bash_profile) and
43 your privately installed git may not be found on the system
44 default $PATH. Another workaround suggested is to set
45 up your $PATH in ".bashrc", but this flag is for people
46 who do not want to pay the overhead for non-interactive
47 shells by having a lean .bashrc file (they set most of
48 the things up in .bash_profile).
50 <host>::
51 A remote host that houses the repository. When this
52 part is specified, 'git-upload-pack' is invoked via
53 ssh.
55 <directory>::
56 The repository to sync from.
58 <refs>...::
59 The remote heads to update from. This is relative to
60 $GIT_DIR (e.g. "HEAD", "refs/heads/master"). When
61 unspecified, update from all heads the remote side has.
64 Author
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66 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
68 Documentation
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70 Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
72 GIT
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74 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite