git-fetch(1) ============ NAME ---- git-fetch - Download objects and a head from another repository. SYNOPSIS -------- 'git-fetch' ... DESCRIPTION ----------- Fetches named heads or tags from another repository, along with the objects necessary to complete them. The ref names and their object names of fetched refs are stored in `.git/FETCH_HEAD`. This information is left for a later merge operation done by "git merge". OPTIONS ------- include::fetch-options.txt[] include::pull-fetch-param.txt[] SEE ALSO -------- gitlink:git-pull[1] Author ------ Written by Linus Torvalds and Junio C Hamano Documentation ------------- Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list . GIT --- Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite