X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Ffetch-options.txt;h=044ec882ccf9f8437862a5e59a3caee7030c36ae;hb=5c1eba5e312838774afe44bb52885f3cd7e4ac7a;hp=ab6419fe6e44c7008cbff4e1fae48a70cfb82ac0;hpb=7b576f9910a2945688f04f6ff9d03771f2956618;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index ab6419fe6..044ec882c 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ endif::git-pull[] -f:: --force:: - When 'git-fetch' is used with `:` + When 'git fetch' is used with `:` refspec, it refuses to update the local branch `` unless the remote branch `` it fetches is a descendant of ``. This option @@ -61,16 +61,16 @@ endif::git-pull[] -u:: --update-head-ok:: - By default 'git-fetch' refuses to update the head which + By default 'git fetch' refuses to update the head which corresponds to the current branch. This flag disables the - check. This is purely for the internal use for 'git-pull' - to communicate with 'git-fetch', and unless you are + 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. --upload-pack :: When given, and the repository to fetch from is handled - by 'git-fetch-pack', '--exec=' is passed to + by 'git fetch-pack', '--exec=' is passed to the command to specify non-default path for the command run on the other end. @@ -78,9 +78,16 @@ ifndef::git-pull[] -q:: --quiet:: Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally - used git commands. + used git commands. Progress is not reported to the standard error + stream. -v:: --verbose:: Be verbose. endif::git-pull[] + +--progress:: + Progress status is reported on the standard error stream + by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q + is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the + standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.