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diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt index 3e6cd880b..105d76b0b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt @@ -8,10 +8,13 @@ git-fetch-pack - Receive missing objects from another repository SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-fetch-pack' [-q] [-k] [--exec=<git-upload-pack>] [<host>:]<directory> [<refs>...] +'git-fetch-pack' [--all] [--quiet|-q] [--keep|-k] [--thin] [--upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>] [--depth=<n>] [-v] [<host>:]<directory> [<refs>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- +Usually you would want to use gitlink:git-fetch[1] which is a +higher level wrapper of this command instead. + Invokes 'git-upload-pack' on a potentially remote repository, and asks it to send objects missing from this repository, to update the named heads. The list of commits available locally @@ -25,17 +28,24 @@ have a common ancestor commit. OPTIONS ------- --q:: +\--all:: + Fetch all remote refs. + +\--quiet, \-q:: Pass '-q' flag to 'git-unpack-objects'; this makes the cloning process less verbose. --k:: +\--keep, \-k:: 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. ---exec=<git-upload-pack>:: +\--thin:: + Spend extra cycles to minimize the number of objects to be sent. + Use it on slower connection. + +\--upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>:: 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 @@ -47,6 +57,15 @@ OPTIONS shells by having a lean .bashrc file (they set most of the things up in .bash_profile). +\--exec=<git-upload-pack>:: + Same as \--upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>. + +\--depth=<n>:: + Limit fetching to ancestor-chains not longer than n. + +\-v:: + Run verbosely. + <host>:: A remote host that houses the repository. When this part is specified, 'git-upload-pack' is invoked via |