X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fpull-fetch-param.txt;h=cbee369947bf43c245994607ba5d3f77246cce6d;hb=c30e699fc509f43f459c17d3148e7d866fb9157a;hp=8d4e950abc65c233268d785dcbfee67ab0522f4c;hpb=b8336519450fdedc8f9cafebc73f7a0226e34e1f;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt index 8d4e950ab..cbee36994 100644 --- a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt +++ b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ :: The "remote" repository that is the source of a fetch - or pull operation. See the section <> below. + or pull operation. This parameter can be either a URL + (see the section <> below) or the name + of a remote (see the section <> below). :: The canonical format of a parameter is @@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ is often useful. + Some short-cut notations are also supported. + -* `tag ` means the same as `refs/tags/:refs/tags/`; +* `tag ` means the same as `refs/tags/:refs/tags/`; it requests fetching everything up to the given tag. * A parameter without a colon is equivalent to : when pulling/fetching, so it merges into the current