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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/fetch-options.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-maintenance.txt | 6 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index 07783de..9e7b4e1 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ ifndef::git-pull[] setting `fetch.writeCommitGraph`. endif::git-pull[] +--prefetch:: + Modify the configured refspec to place all refs into the + `refs/prefetch/` namespace. See the `prefetch` task in + linkgit:git-maintenance[1]. + -p:: --prune:: Before fetching, remove any remote-tracking references that no diff --git a/Documentation/git-maintenance.txt b/Documentation/git-maintenance.txt index 80ddd33..1e738ad 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-maintenance.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-maintenance.txt @@ -92,10 +92,8 @@ commit-graph:: prefetch:: The `prefetch` task updates the object directory with the latest objects from all registered remotes. For each remote, a `git fetch` - command is run. The refmap is custom to avoid updating local or remote - branches (those in `refs/heads` or `refs/remotes`). Instead, the - remote refs are stored in `refs/prefetch/<remote>/`. Also, tags are - not updated. + command is run. The configured refspec is modified to place all + requested refs within `refs/prefetch/`. Also, tags are not updated. + This is done to avoid disrupting the remote-tracking branches. The end users expect these refs to stay unmoved unless they initiate a fetch. With prefetch |