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SYNOPSIS
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-'git-fetch' <options> <repository> <refspec>...
+'git fetch' <options> <repository> <refspec>...
DESCRIPTION
The ref names and their object names of fetched refs are stored
in `.git/FETCH_HEAD`. This information is left for a later merge
-operation done by "git 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::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
-include::urls.txt[]
+include::urls-remotes.txt[]
SEE ALSO
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-gitlink:git-pull[1]
+linkgit:git-pull[1]
Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
-Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
+Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation
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GIT
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-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite