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diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch-script.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch-script.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..937df05db --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-fetch-script.txt @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +git-fetch-script(1) +=================== +v0.1, July 2005 + +NAME +---- +git-fetch-script - Download objects and a head from another repository. + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +'git-fetch-script' <repository> [ <head> | tag <tag> ] + + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Fetches a named head or a tag from another repository, along +with the objects necessary to complete that head or tag. The +head to pull defaults to HEAD if unspecified. The head or tag +fetched from the remote repository is stored in +$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD. + +When a <tag> is specified, the <tag> fetched from the remote is +also copied to the local $GIT_DIR/tags/<tag> file. When no +<head> nor <tag> is specified, and <repository> was specified +with the short-hand notation (i.e. naming a file under the +$GIT_DIR/branches directory), the head fetched from the remote +repository is also copied to the local $GIT_DIR/heads/<repository> +file. + + +OPTIONS +------- +include::pull-fetch-param.txt[] + + +Author +------ +Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> + +Documentation +-------------- +Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. + +GIT +--- +Part of the link:git.html[git] suite |