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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2014-05-29 13:22:01 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2014-06-04 15:29:38 -0700
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fetch doc: remove "short-cut" section
It is misleading to mention that <ref> that does not store is to fetch the ref into FETCH_HEAD, because a refspec that does store is also to fetch the LHS into FETCH_HEAD. It is doubly misleading to list it as part of "short-cut". <ref> stands for a refspec that has it on the LHS with a colon and an empty RHS, and that definition should be given at the beginning of the entry where the format is defined. Tentatively remove this misleading description, which leaves the `tag <tag>` as the only true short-hand, so move it at the beginning of the entry. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt16
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt
index b5a356b8f..4bff65b0e 100644
--- a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ endif::git-pull[]
by a colon `:`, followed by the destination ref <dst>.
The colon can be omitted when <dst> is empty.
+
+`tag <tag>` means the same as `refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>`;
+it requests fetching everything up to the given tag.
++
The remote ref that matches <src>
is fetched, and if <dst> is not empty string, the local
ref that matches it is fast-forwarded using <src>.
@@ -56,16 +59,3 @@ Octopus from remote refs is rarely done, while keeping track
of multiple remote heads in one-go by fetching more than one
is often useful.
endif::git-pull[]
-+
-Some short-cut notations are also supported.
-+
-* `tag <tag>` means the same as `refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>`;
- it requests fetching everything up to the given tag.
-ifndef::git-pull[]
-* A parameter <ref> without a colon fetches that ref into FETCH_HEAD,
-endif::git-pull[]
-ifdef::git-pull[]
-* A parameter <ref> without a colon merges <ref> into the current
- branch,
-endif::git-pull[]
- and updates the remote-tracking branches (if any).