Merge branch 'ar/mergestat'

[git.git] / Documentation / git-fetch.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
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--- a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 git-fetch(1)
 ============
-v0.99.5, Aug 2005
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-fetch - Download objects and a head from another repository.
+git-fetch - Download objects and refs from another repository
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-fetch' <repository> <refspec>...
+'git-fetch' <options> <repository> <refspec>...
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -18,19 +17,29 @@ Fetches named heads or tags from another repository, along with
 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
 -------
+include::fetch-options.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
@@ -39,7 +48,7 @@ Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
 Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
 
 Documentation
---------------
+-------------
 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 
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