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 Internally this is used to implement the `push.negotiate` option, see
75 linkgit:git-config[1].
78 Show what would be done, without making any changes.
81 --[no-]write-fetch-head::
82 Write the list of remote refs fetched in the `FETCH_HEAD`
83 file directly under `$GIT_DIR`. This is the default.
84 Passing `--no-write-fetch-head` from the command line tells
85 Git not to write the file. Under `--dry-run` option, the
86 file is never written.
91 When 'git fetch' is used with `<src>:<dst>` refspec it may
92 refuse to update the local branch as discussed
94 in the `<refspec>` part of the linkgit:git-fetch[1]
98 in the `<refspec>` part below.
100 This option overrides that check.
104 Keep downloaded pack.
108 Allow several <repository> and <group> arguments to be
109 specified. No <refspec>s may be specified.
111 --[no-]auto-maintenance::
113 Run `git maintenance run --auto` at the end to perform automatic
114 repository maintenance if needed. (`--[no-]auto-gc` is a synonym.)
115 This is enabled by default.
117 --[no-]write-commit-graph::
118 Write a commit-graph after fetching. This overrides the config
119 setting `fetch.writeCommitGraph`.
123 Modify the configured refspec to place all refs into the
124 `refs/prefetch/` namespace. See the `prefetch` task in
125 linkgit:git-maintenance[1].
129 Before fetching, remove any remote-tracking references that no
130 longer exist on the remote. Tags are not subject to pruning
131 if they are fetched only because of the default tag
132 auto-following or due to a --tags option. However, if tags
133 are fetched due to an explicit refspec (either on the command
134 line or in the remote configuration, for example if the remote
135 was cloned with the --mirror option), then they are also
136 subject to pruning. Supplying `--prune-tags` is a shorthand for
137 providing the tag refspec.
140 See the PRUNING section below for more details.
144 Before fetching, remove any local tags that no longer exist on
145 the remote if `--prune` is enabled. This option should be used
146 more carefully, unlike `--prune` it will remove any local
147 references (local tags) that have been created. This option is
148 a shorthand for providing the explicit tag refspec along with
149 `--prune`, see the discussion about that in its documentation.
151 See the PRUNING section below for more details.
159 By default, tags that point at objects that are downloaded
160 from the remote repository are fetched and stored locally.
161 This option disables this automatic tag following. The default
162 behavior for a remote may be specified with the remote.<name>.tagOpt
163 setting. See linkgit:git-config[1].
166 When fetching refs listed on the command line, use the
167 specified refspec (can be given more than once) to map the
168 refs to remote-tracking branches, instead of the values of
169 `remote.*.fetch` configuration variables for the remote
170 repository. Providing an empty `<refspec>` to the
171 `--refmap` option causes Git to ignore the configured
172 refspecs and rely entirely on the refspecs supplied as
173 command-line arguments. See section on "Configured Remote-tracking
174 Branches" for details.
178 Fetch all tags from the remote (i.e., fetch remote tags
179 `refs/tags/*` into local tags with the same name), in addition
180 to whatever else would otherwise be fetched. Using this
181 option alone does not subject tags to pruning, even if --prune
182 is used (though tags may be pruned anyway if they are also the
183 destination of an explicit refspec; see `--prune`).
186 --recurse-submodules[=yes|on-demand|no]::
187 This option controls if and under what conditions new commits of
188 populated submodules should be fetched too. It can be used as a
189 boolean option to completely disable recursion when set to 'no' or to
190 unconditionally recurse into all populated submodules when set to
191 'yes', which is the default when this option is used without any
192 value. Use 'on-demand' to only recurse into a populated submodule
193 when the superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
194 reference to a commit that isn't already in the local submodule
195 clone. By default, 'on-demand' is used, unless
196 `fetch.recurseSubmodules` is set (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
201 Number of parallel children to be used for all forms of fetching.
203 If the `--multiple` option was specified, the different remotes will be fetched
204 in parallel. If multiple submodules are fetched, they will be fetched in
205 parallel. To control them independently, use the config settings
206 `fetch.parallel` and `submodule.fetchJobs` (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
208 Typically, parallel recursive and multi-remote fetches will be faster. By
209 default fetches are performed sequentially, not in parallel.
212 --no-recurse-submodules::
213 Disable recursive fetching of submodules (this has the same effect as
214 using the `--recurse-submodules=no` option).
218 If the remote is fetched successfully, add upstream
219 (tracking) reference, used by argument-less
220 linkgit:git-pull[1] and other commands. For more information,
221 see `branch.<name>.merge` and `branch.<name>.remote` in
222 linkgit:git-config[1].
225 --submodule-prefix=<path>::
226 Prepend <path> to paths printed in informative messages
227 such as "Fetching submodule foo". This option is used
228 internally when recursing over submodules.
230 --recurse-submodules-default=[yes|on-demand]::
231 This option is used internally to temporarily provide a
232 non-negative default value for the --recurse-submodules
233 option. All other methods of configuring fetch's submodule
234 recursion (such as settings in linkgit:gitmodules[5] and
235 linkgit:git-config[1]) override this option, as does
236 specifying --[no-]recurse-submodules directly.
240 By default 'git fetch' refuses to update the head which
241 corresponds to the current branch. This flag disables the
242 check. This is purely for the internal use for 'git pull'
243 to communicate with 'git fetch', and unless you are
244 implementing your own Porcelain you are not supposed to
248 --upload-pack <upload-pack>::
249 When given, and the repository to fetch from is handled
250 by 'git fetch-pack', `--exec=<upload-pack>` is passed to
251 the command to specify non-default path for the command
252 run on the other end.
257 Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally
258 used git commands. Progress is not reported to the standard error
267 Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
268 by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q
269 is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the
270 standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.
273 --server-option=<option>::
274 Transmit the given string to the server when communicating using
275 protocol version 2. The given string must not contain a NUL or LF
276 character. The server's handling of server options, including
277 unknown ones, is server-specific.
278 When multiple `--server-option=<option>` are given, they are all
279 sent to the other side in the order listed on the command line.
281 --show-forced-updates::
282 By default, git checks if a branch is force-updated during
283 fetch. This can be disabled through fetch.showForcedUpdates, but
284 the --show-forced-updates option guarantees this check occurs.
285 See linkgit:git-config[1].
287 --no-show-forced-updates::
288 By default, git checks if a branch is force-updated during
289 fetch. Pass --no-show-forced-updates or set fetch.showForcedUpdates
290 to false to skip this check for performance reasons. If used during
291 'git-pull' the --ff-only option will still check for forced updates
292 before attempting a fast-forward update. See linkgit:git-config[1].
296 Use IPv4 addresses only, ignoring IPv6 addresses.
300 Use IPv6 addresses only, ignoring IPv4 addresses.