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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-http-fetch - downloads a remote git repository via HTTP
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-http-fetch' [-c] [-t] [-a] [-d] [-v] [-w filename] [--recover] <commit> <url>
+'git-http-fetch' [-c] [-t] [-a] [-d] [-v] [-w filename] [--recover] [--stdin] <commit> <url>
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ commit-id::
Writes the commit-id into the filename under $GIT_DIR/refs/<filename> on
the local end after the transfer is complete.
+--stdin::
+ Instead of a commit id on the commandline (which is not expected in this
+ case), 'git-http-fetch' expects lines on stdin in the format
+
+ <commit-id>['\t'<filename-as-in--w>]
+
Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>