6 Append ref names and object names of fetched refs to the
7 existing contents of `.git/FETCH_HEAD`. Without this
8 option old data in `.git/FETCH_HEAD` will be overwritten.
11 Use an atomic transaction to update local refs. Either all refs are
12 updated, or on error, no refs are updated.
15 Limit fetching to the specified number of commits from the tip of
16 each remote branch history. If fetching to a 'shallow' repository
17 created by `git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see
18 linkgit:git-clone[1]), deepen or shorten the history to the specified
19 number of commits. Tags for the deepened commits are not fetched.
22 Similar to --depth, except it specifies the number of commits
23 from the current shallow boundary instead of from the tip of
24 each remote branch history.
26 --shallow-since=<date>::
27 Deepen or shorten the history of a shallow repository to
28 include all reachable commits after <date>.
30 --shallow-exclude=<revision>::
31 Deepen or shorten the history of a shallow repository to
32 exclude commits reachable from a specified remote branch or tag.
33 This option can be specified multiple times.
36 If the source repository is complete, convert a shallow
37 repository to a complete one, removing all the limitations
38 imposed by shallow repositories.
40 If the source repository is shallow, fetch as much as possible so that
41 the current repository has the same history as the source repository.
44 By default when fetching from a shallow repository,
45 `git fetch` refuses refs that require updating
46 .git/shallow. This option updates .git/shallow and accept such
49 --negotiation-tip=<commit|glob>::
50 By default, Git will report, to the server, commits reachable
51 from all local refs to find common commits in an attempt to
52 reduce the size of the to-be-received packfile. If specified,
53 Git will only report commits reachable from the given tips.
54 This is useful to speed up fetches when the user knows which
55 local ref is likely to have commits in common with the
56 upstream ref being fetched.
58 This option may be specified more than once; if so, Git will report
59 commits reachable from any of the given commits.
61 The argument to this option may be a glob on ref names, a ref, or the (possibly
62 abbreviated) SHA-1 of a commit. Specifying a glob is equivalent to specifying
63 this option multiple times, one for each matching ref name.
65 See also the `fetch.negotiationAlgorithm` and `push.negotiate`
66 configuration variables documented in linkgit:git-config[1], and the
67 `--negotiate-only` option below.
70 Do not fetch anything from the server, and instead print the
71 ancestors of the provided `--negotiation-tip=*` arguments,
72 which we have in common with the server.
74 This is incompatible with `--recurse-submodules=[yes|on-demand]`.
75 Internally this is used to implement the `push.negotiate` option, see
76 linkgit:git-config[1].
79 Show what would be done, without making any changes.
82 --[no-]write-fetch-head::
83 Write the list of remote refs fetched in the `FETCH_HEAD`
84 file directly under `$GIT_DIR`. This is the default.
85 Passing `--no-write-fetch-head` from the command line tells
86 Git not to write the file. Under `--dry-run` option, the
87 file is never written.
92 When 'git fetch' is used with `<src>:<dst>` refspec it may
93 refuse to update the local branch as discussed
95 in the `<refspec>` part of the linkgit:git-fetch[1]
99 in the `<refspec>` part below.
101 This option overrides that check.
105 Keep downloaded pack.
109 Allow several <repository> and <group> arguments to be
110 specified. No <refspec>s may be specified.
112 --[no-]auto-maintenance::
114 Run `git maintenance run --auto` at the end to perform automatic
115 repository maintenance if needed. (`--[no-]auto-gc` is a synonym.)
116 This is enabled by default.
118 --[no-]write-commit-graph::
119 Write a commit-graph after fetching. This overrides the config
120 setting `fetch.writeCommitGraph`.
124 Modify the configured refspec to place all refs into the
125 `refs/prefetch/` namespace. See the `prefetch` task in
126 linkgit:git-maintenance[1].
130 Before fetching, remove any remote-tracking references that no
131 longer exist on the remote. Tags are not subject to pruning
132 if they are fetched only because of the default tag
133 auto-following or due to a --tags option. However, if tags
134 are fetched due to an explicit refspec (either on the command
135 line or in the remote configuration, for example if the remote
136 was cloned with the --mirror option), then they are also
137 subject to pruning. Supplying `--prune-tags` is a shorthand for
138 providing the tag refspec.
141 See the PRUNING section below for more details.
145 Before fetching, remove any local tags that no longer exist on
146 the remote if `--prune` is enabled. This option should be used
147 more carefully, unlike `--prune` it will remove any local
148 references (local tags) that have been created. This option is
149 a shorthand for providing the explicit tag refspec along with
150 `--prune`, see the discussion about that in its documentation.
152 See the PRUNING section below for more details.
160 By default, tags that point at objects that are downloaded
161 from the remote repository are fetched and stored locally.
162 This option disables this automatic tag following. The default
163 behavior for a remote may be specified with the remote.<name>.tagOpt
164 setting. See linkgit:git-config[1].
167 When fetching refs listed on the command line, use the
168 specified refspec (can be given more than once) to map the
169 refs to remote-tracking branches, instead of the values of
170 `remote.*.fetch` configuration variables for the remote
171 repository. Providing an empty `<refspec>` to the
172 `--refmap` option causes Git to ignore the configured
173 refspecs and rely entirely on the refspecs supplied as
174 command-line arguments. See section on "Configured Remote-tracking
175 Branches" for details.
179 Fetch all tags from the remote (i.e., fetch remote tags
180 `refs/tags/*` into local tags with the same name), in addition
181 to whatever else would otherwise be fetched. Using this
182 option alone does not subject tags to pruning, even if --prune
183 is used (though tags may be pruned anyway if they are also the
184 destination of an explicit refspec; see `--prune`).
187 --recurse-submodules[=yes|on-demand|no]::
188 This option controls if and under what conditions new commits of
189 populated submodules should be fetched too. It can be used as a
190 boolean option to completely disable recursion when set to 'no' or to
191 unconditionally recurse into all populated submodules when set to
192 'yes', which is the default when this option is used without any
193 value. Use 'on-demand' to only recurse into a populated submodule
194 when the superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
195 reference to a commit that isn't already in the local submodule
196 clone. By default, 'on-demand' is used, unless
197 `fetch.recurseSubmodules` is set (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
202 Number of parallel children to be used for all forms of fetching.
204 If the `--multiple` option was specified, the different remotes will be fetched
205 in parallel. If multiple submodules are fetched, they will be fetched in
206 parallel. To control them independently, use the config settings
207 `fetch.parallel` and `submodule.fetchJobs` (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
209 Typically, parallel recursive and multi-remote fetches will be faster. By
210 default fetches are performed sequentially, not in parallel.
213 --no-recurse-submodules::
214 Disable recursive fetching of submodules (this has the same effect as
215 using the `--recurse-submodules=no` option).
219 If the remote is fetched successfully, add upstream
220 (tracking) reference, used by argument-less
221 linkgit:git-pull[1] and other commands. For more information,
222 see `branch.<name>.merge` and `branch.<name>.remote` in
223 linkgit:git-config[1].
226 --submodule-prefix=<path>::
227 Prepend <path> to paths printed in informative messages
228 such as "Fetching submodule foo". This option is used
229 internally when recursing over submodules.
231 --recurse-submodules-default=[yes|on-demand]::
232 This option is used internally to temporarily provide a
233 non-negative default value for the --recurse-submodules
234 option. All other methods of configuring fetch's submodule
235 recursion (such as settings in linkgit:gitmodules[5] and
236 linkgit:git-config[1]) override this option, as does
237 specifying --[no-]recurse-submodules directly.
241 By default 'git fetch' refuses to update the head which
242 corresponds to the current branch. This flag disables the
243 check. This is purely for the internal use for 'git pull'
244 to communicate with 'git fetch', and unless you are
245 implementing your own Porcelain you are not supposed to
249 --upload-pack <upload-pack>::
250 When given, and the repository to fetch from is handled
251 by 'git fetch-pack', `--exec=<upload-pack>` is passed to
252 the command to specify non-default path for the command
253 run on the other end.
258 Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally
259 used git commands. Progress is not reported to the standard error
268 Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
269 by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q
270 is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the
271 standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.
274 --server-option=<option>::
275 Transmit the given string to the server when communicating using
276 protocol version 2. The given string must not contain a NUL or LF
277 character. The server's handling of server options, including
278 unknown ones, is server-specific.
279 When multiple `--server-option=<option>` are given, they are all
280 sent to the other side in the order listed on the command line.
282 --show-forced-updates::
283 By default, git checks if a branch is force-updated during
284 fetch. This can be disabled through fetch.showForcedUpdates, but
285 the --show-forced-updates option guarantees this check occurs.
286 See linkgit:git-config[1].
288 --no-show-forced-updates::
289 By default, git checks if a branch is force-updated during
290 fetch. Pass --no-show-forced-updates or set fetch.showForcedUpdates
291 to false to skip this check for performance reasons. If used during
292 'git-pull' the --ff-only option will still check for forced updates
293 before attempting a fast-forward update. See linkgit:git-config[1].
297 Use IPv4 addresses only, ignoring IPv6 addresses.
301 Use IPv6 addresses only, ignoring IPv4 addresses.