X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-fetch-pack.txt;h=a99a5b321f763911b0d5d233a8135c5b60be6e3b;hb=402fa75eed29c104ae5392ce88560f6bffc64ce7;hp=b507e9b64863d2b9b4abc43ddb635b83ae67dcea;hpb=c2f3bf071ee90b01f2d629921bb04c4f798f02fa;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt index b507e9b64..a99a5b321 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt @@ -3,15 +3,18 @@ git-fetch-pack(1) NAME ---- -git-fetch-pack - Receive missing objects from another repository. +git-fetch-pack - Receive missing objects from another repository SYNOPSIS -------- -git-fetch-pack [-q] [-k] [--exec=] [:] [...] +'git-fetch-pack' [--all] [--quiet|-q] [--keep|-k] [--thin] [--upload-pack=] [--depth=] [--no-progress] [-v] [:] [...] DESCRIPTION ----------- +Usually you would want to use gitlink:git-fetch[1] which is a +higher level wrapper of this command instead. + Invokes 'git-upload-pack' on a potentially remote repository, and asks it to send objects missing from this repository, to update the named heads. The list of commits available locally @@ -25,16 +28,24 @@ have a common ancestor commit. OPTIONS ------- --q:: +\--all:: + Fetch all remote refs. + +\--quiet, \-q:: Pass '-q' flag to 'git-unpack-objects'; this makes the cloning process less verbose. --k:: +\--keep, \-k:: Do not invoke 'git-unpack-objects' on received data, but create a single packfile out of it instead, and store it - in the object database. + in the object database. If provided twice then the pack is + locked against repacking. ---exec=:: +\--thin:: + Spend extra cycles to minimize the number of objects to be sent. + Use it on slower connection. + +\--upload-pack=:: Use this to specify the path to 'git-upload-pack' on the remote side, if is not found on your $PATH. Installations of sshd ignores the user's environment @@ -46,6 +57,18 @@ OPTIONS shells by having a lean .bashrc file (they set most of the things up in .bash_profile). +\--exec=:: + Same as \--upload-pack=. + +\--depth=:: + Limit fetching to ancestor-chains not longer than n. + +\--no-progress:: + Do not show the progress. + +\-v:: + Run verbosely. + :: A remote host that houses the repository. When this part is specified, 'git-upload-pack' is invoked via