X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Ffetch-options.txt;h=5b4d184a73d013b8da11db3adb08905c0101bf88;hb=6fe9c570ccd9f893d9a981cd8ea5f51dc21ceec8;hp=200c9b240dc3f89cd29350332447e48b53bcfdc1;hpb=423325a2d24638ddcc82ce47be5e40be550f4507;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index 200c9b240..5b4d184a7 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ existing contents of `.git/FETCH_HEAD`. Without this option old data in `.git/FETCH_HEAD` will be overwritten. +\--upload-pack :: + When given, and the repository to fetch from is handled + by 'git-fetch-pack', '--exec=' is passed to + the command to specify non-default path for the command + run on the other end. + -f, \--force:: When `git-fetch` is used with `:` refspec, it refuses to update the local branch @@ -10,15 +16,33 @@ fetches is a descendant of ``. This option overrides that check. +\--no-tags:: + By default, `git-fetch` fetches tags that point at + objects that are downloaded from the remote repository + and stores them locally. This option disables this + automatic tag following. + -t, \--tags:: - By default, the git core utilities will not fetch and store - tags under the same name as the remote repository; ask it - to do so using `--tags`. Using this option will bound the - list of objects pulled to the remote tags. Commits in branches - beyond the tags will be ignored. + Most of the tags are fetched automatically as branch + heads are downloaded, but tags that do not point at + objects reachable from the branch heads that are being + tracked will not be fetched by this mechanism. This + flag lets all tags and their associated objects be + downloaded. + +-k, \--keep:: + Keep downloaded pack. -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. +