X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Ffetch-options.txt;h=bdc7332c7b11c25957ee170b0582f9fe182755eb;hb=3545193735522f733fdb4e345f16ddf131e2007a;hp=13f34d3ca28a402d56420f3bf5615837cf529e0a;hpb=2796a9de31cb12d719c73695334ee873c5213d4a;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index 13f34d3ca..bdc7332c7 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -1,13 +1,20 @@ +-q, \--quiet:: + Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally + used programs. + +-v, \--verbose:: + Be verbose. + -a, \--append:: Append ref names and object names of fetched refs to the 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. + 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 `:` @@ -16,7 +23,7 @@ fetches is a descendant of ``. This option overrides that check. -\--no-tags:: +-n, \--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 @@ -36,6 +43,13 @@ -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.