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diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt index a069f8d..47448da 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt @@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -Usually you would want to use `git-fetch`, which is a +Usually you would want to use 'git-fetch', which is a higher level wrapper of this command, instead. -Invokes `git-upload-pack` on a possibly remote repository +Invokes 'git-upload-pack' on a possibly remote repository and asks it to send objects missing from this repository, to update the named heads. The list of commits available locally is found out by scanning local $GIT_DIR/refs/ and sent to -`git-upload-pack` running on the other end. +'git-upload-pack' running on the other end. This command degenerates to download everything to complete the asked refs from the remote side when the local side does not @@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ OPTIONS -q:: --quiet:: - Pass '-q' flag to `git-unpack-objects`; this makes the + Pass '-q' flag to 'git-unpack-objects'; this makes the cloning process less verbose. -k:: --keep:: - Do not invoke `git-unpack-objects` on received data, but + 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. If provided twice then the pack is locked against repacking. @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ OPTIONS otherwise determine the tags this option made available. --upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>:: - Use this to specify the path to `git-upload-pack` on the + 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 setup scripts for login shells (e.g. .bash_profile) and @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ OPTIONS <host>:: A remote host that houses the repository. When this - part is specified, `git-upload-pack` is invoked via + part is specified, 'git-upload-pack' is invoked via ssh. <directory>:: |