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git-fetch(1)
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git-fetch(1)
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-v0.99.5, Aug 2005
NAME
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NAME
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-git-fetch - Download objects and a head from another repository.
+git-fetch - Download objects and refs from another repository
SYNOPSIS
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SYNOPSIS
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-'git-fetch' <repository> <refspec>...
+'git-fetch' <options> <repository> <refspec>...
DESCRIPTION
DESCRIPTION
the objects necessary to complete them.
The ref names and their object names of fetched refs are stored
the objects necessary to complete them.
The ref names and their object names of fetched refs are stored
-in $GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD. This information is left for a later merge
-operation done by "git resolve" or "git octopus".
+in `.git/FETCH_HEAD`. This information is left for a later merge
+operation done by "git merge".
+
+When <refspec> stores the fetched result in tracking branches,
+the tags that point at these branches are automatically
+followed. This is done by first fetching from the remote using
+the given <refspec>s, and if the repository has objects that are
+pointed by remote tags that it does not yet have, then fetch
+those missing tags. If the other end has tags that point at
+branches you are not interested in, you will not get them.
OPTIONS
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OPTIONS
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+include::fetch-options.txt[]
+
include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
--u, \--update-head-ok::
- By default 'git-fetch' refuses to update the head which
- corresponds to the current branch. This flag disables the
- check. Note that fetching into the current branch will not
- update the index and working directory, so use it with care.
+include::urls.txt[]
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+gitlink:git-pull[1]
Author
Author