X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=Documentation%2Ffetch-options.txt;h=5b4d184a73d013b8da11db3adb08905c0101bf88;hb=e861ce1692fa9809f3e7b898804f8ddaf7cd8975;hp=13f34d3ca28a402d56420f3bf5615837cf529e0a;hpb=767e130915015f897fb87b939843b4882212574b;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index 13f34d3ca..5b4d184a7 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ -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. + check. This is purely for the internal use for `git-pull` + to communicate with `git-fetch`, and unless you are + implementing your own Porcelain you are not supposed to + use it. + +\--depth=:: + Deepen the history of a 'shallow' repository created by + `git clone` with `--depth=` option (see gitlink:git-clone[1]) + by the specified number of commits.