summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/fetch-options.txt')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/fetch-options.txt152
1 files changed, 152 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45583d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+--all::
+ Fetch all remotes.
+
+-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.
+
+--depth=<depth>::
+ Deepen or shorten the history of a 'shallow' repository created by
+ `git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see linkgit:git-clone[1])
+ to the specified number of commits from the tip of each remote
+ branch history. Tags for the deepened commits are not fetched.
+
+--unshallow::
+ If the source repository is complete, convert a shallow
+ repository to a complete one, removing all the limitations
+ imposed by shallow repositories.
++
+If the source repository is shallow, fetch as much as possible so that
+the current repository has the same history as the source repository.
+
+--update-shallow::
+ By default when fetching from a shallow repository,
+ `git fetch` refuses refs that require updating
+ .git/shallow. This option updates .git/shallow and accept such
+ refs.
+
+ifndef::git-pull[]
+--dry-run::
+ Show what would be done, without making any changes.
+endif::git-pull[]
+
+-f::
+--force::
+ When 'git fetch' is used with `<rbranch>:<lbranch>`
+ refspec, it refuses to update the local branch
+ `<lbranch>` unless the remote branch `<rbranch>` it
+ fetches is a descendant of `<lbranch>`. This option
+ overrides that check.
+
+-k::
+--keep::
+ Keep downloaded pack.
+
+ifndef::git-pull[]
+--multiple::
+ Allow several <repository> and <group> arguments to be
+ specified. No <refspec>s may be specified.
+
+-p::
+--prune::
+ After fetching, remove any remote-tracking references that no
+ longer exist on the remote. Tags are not subject to pruning
+ if they are fetched only because of the default tag
+ auto-following or due to a --tags option. However, if tags
+ are fetched due to an explicit refspec (either on the command
+ line or in the remote configuration, for example if the remote
+ was cloned with the --mirror option), then they are also
+ subject to pruning.
+endif::git-pull[]
+
+ifndef::git-pull[]
+-n::
+endif::git-pull[]
+--no-tags::
+ By default, tags that point at objects that are downloaded
+ from the remote repository are fetched and stored locally.
+ This option disables this automatic tag following. The default
+ behavior for a remote may be specified with the remote.<name>.tagOpt
+ setting. See linkgit:git-config[1].
+
+ifndef::git-pull[]
+--refmap=<refspec>::
+ When fetching refs listed on the command line, use the
+ specified refspec (can be given more than once) to map the
+ refs to remote-tracking branches, instead of the values of
+ `remote.*.fetch` configuration variables for the remote
+ repository. See section on "Configured Remote-tracking
+ Branches" for details.
+
+-t::
+--tags::
+ Fetch all tags from the remote (i.e., fetch remote tags
+ `refs/tags/*` into local tags with the same name), in addition
+ to whatever else would otherwise be fetched. Using this
+ option alone does not subject tags to pruning, even if --prune
+ is used (though tags may be pruned anyway if they are also the
+ destination of an explicit refspec; see '--prune').
+
+--recurse-submodules[=yes|on-demand|no]::
+ This option controls if and under what conditions new commits of
+ populated submodules should be fetched too. It can be used as a
+ boolean option to completely disable recursion when set to 'no' or to
+ unconditionally recurse into all populated submodules when set to
+ 'yes', which is the default when this option is used without any
+ value. Use 'on-demand' to only recurse into a populated submodule
+ when the superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
+ reference to a commit that isn't already in the local submodule
+ clone.
+
+--no-recurse-submodules::
+ Disable recursive fetching of submodules (this has the same effect as
+ using the '--recurse-submodules=no' option).
+
+--submodule-prefix=<path>::
+ Prepend <path> to paths printed in informative messages
+ such as "Fetching submodule foo". This option is used
+ internally when recursing over submodules.
+
+--recurse-submodules-default=[yes|on-demand]::
+ This option is used internally to temporarily provide a
+ non-negative default value for the --recurse-submodules
+ option. All other methods of configuring fetch's submodule
+ recursion (such as settings in linkgit:gitmodules[5] and
+ linkgit:git-config[1]) override this option, as does
+ specifying --[no-]recurse-submodules directly.
+endif::git-pull[]
+
+-u::
+--update-head-ok::
+ 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
+ implementing your own Porcelain you are not supposed to
+ use it.
+
+--upload-pack <upload-pack>::
+ When given, and the repository to fetch from is handled
+ by 'git fetch-pack', '--exec=<upload-pack>' is passed to
+ the command to specify non-default path for the command
+ run on the other end.
+
+ifndef::git-pull[]
+-q::
+--quiet::
+ Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally
+ 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.