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 Limit fetching to the specified number of commits from the tip of
12 each remote branch history. If fetching to a 'shallow' repository
13 created by `git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see
14 linkgit:git-clone[1]), deepen or shorten the history to the specified
15 number of commits. Tags for the deepened commits are not fetched.
18 Similar to --depth, except it specifies the number of commits
19 from the current shallow boundary instead of from the tip of
20 each remote branch history.
22 --shallow-since=<date>::
23 Deepen or shorten the history of a shallow repository to
24 include all reachable commits after <date>.
26 --shallow-exclude=<revision>::
27 Deepen or shorten the history of a shallow repository to
28 exclude commits reachable from a specified remote branch or tag.
29 This option can be specified multiple times.
32 If the source repository is complete, convert a shallow
33 repository to a complete one, removing all the limitations
34 imposed by shallow repositories.
36 If the source repository is shallow, fetch as much as possible so that
37 the current repository has the same history as the source repository.
40 By default when fetching from a shallow repository,
41 `git fetch` refuses refs that require updating
42 .git/shallow. This option updates .git/shallow and accept such
45 --negotiation-tip=<commit|glob>::
46 By default, Git will report, to the server, commits reachable
47 from all local refs to find common commits in an attempt to
48 reduce the size of the to-be-received packfile. If specified,
49 Git will only report commits reachable from the given tips.
50 This is useful to speed up fetches when the user knows which
51 local ref is likely to have commits in common with the
52 upstream ref being fetched.
54 This option may be specified more than once; if so, Git will report
55 commits reachable from any of the given commits.
57 The argument to this option may be a glob on ref names, a ref, or the (possibly
58 abbreviated) SHA-1 of a commit. Specifying a glob is equivalent to specifying
59 this option multiple times, one for each matching ref name.
61 See also the `fetch.negotiationAlgorithm` configuration variable
62 documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
65 Show what would be done, without making any changes.
69 When 'git fetch' is used with `<src>:<dst>` refspec it may
70 refuse to update the local branch as discussed
72 in the `<refspec>` part of the linkgit:git-fetch[1]
76 in the `<refspec>` part below.
78 This option overrides that check.
86 Allow several <repository> and <group> arguments to be
87 specified. No <refspec>s may be specified.
90 Run `git gc --auto` at the end to perform garbage collection
91 if needed. This is enabled by default.
93 --[no-]write-commit-graph::
94 Write a commit-graph after fetching. This overrides the config
95 setting `fetch.writeCommitGraph`.
100 Before fetching, remove any remote-tracking references that no
101 longer exist on the remote. Tags are not subject to pruning
102 if they are fetched only because of the default tag
103 auto-following or due to a --tags option. However, if tags
104 are fetched due to an explicit refspec (either on the command
105 line or in the remote configuration, for example if the remote
106 was cloned with the --mirror option), then they are also
107 subject to pruning. Supplying `--prune-tags` is a shorthand for
108 providing the tag refspec.
111 See the PRUNING section below for more details.
115 Before fetching, remove any local tags that no longer exist on
116 the remote if `--prune` is enabled. This option should be used
117 more carefully, unlike `--prune` it will remove any local
118 references (local tags) that have been created. This option is
119 a shorthand for providing the explicit tag refspec along with
120 `--prune`, see the discussion about that in its documentation.
122 See the PRUNING section below for more details.
130 By default, tags that point at objects that are downloaded
131 from the remote repository are fetched and stored locally.
132 This option disables this automatic tag following. The default
133 behavior for a remote may be specified with the remote.<name>.tagOpt
134 setting. See linkgit:git-config[1].
137 When fetching refs listed on the command line, use the
138 specified refspec (can be given more than once) to map the
139 refs to remote-tracking branches, instead of the values of
140 `remote.*.fetch` configuration variables for the remote
141 repository. Providing an empty `<refspec>` to the
142 `--refmap` option causes Git to ignore the configured
143 refspecs and rely entirely on the refspecs supplied as
144 command-line arguments. See section on "Configured Remote-tracking
145 Branches" for details.
149 Fetch all tags from the remote (i.e., fetch remote tags
150 `refs/tags/*` into local tags with the same name), in addition
151 to whatever else would otherwise be fetched. Using this
152 option alone does not subject tags to pruning, even if --prune
153 is used (though tags may be pruned anyway if they are also the
154 destination of an explicit refspec; see `--prune`).
157 --recurse-submodules[=yes|on-demand|no]::
158 This option controls if and under what conditions new commits of
159 populated submodules should be fetched too. It can be used as a
160 boolean option to completely disable recursion when set to 'no' or to
161 unconditionally recurse into all populated submodules when set to
162 'yes', which is the default when this option is used without any
163 value. Use 'on-demand' to only recurse into a populated submodule
164 when the superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
165 reference to a commit that isn't already in the local submodule
171 Number of parallel children to be used for all forms of fetching.
173 If the `--multiple` option was specified, the different remotes will be fetched
174 in parallel. If multiple submodules are fetched, they will be fetched in
175 parallel. To control them independently, use the config settings
176 `fetch.parallel` and `submodule.fetchJobs` (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
178 Typically, parallel recursive and multi-remote fetches will be faster. By
179 default fetches are performed sequentially, not in parallel.
182 --no-recurse-submodules::
183 Disable recursive fetching of submodules (this has the same effect as
184 using the `--recurse-submodules=no` option).
188 If the remote is fetched successfully, pull and add upstream
189 (tracking) reference, used by argument-less
190 linkgit:git-pull[1] and other commands. For more information,
191 see `branch.<name>.merge` and `branch.<name>.remote` in
192 linkgit:git-config[1].
195 --submodule-prefix=<path>::
196 Prepend <path> to paths printed in informative messages
197 such as "Fetching submodule foo". This option is used
198 internally when recursing over submodules.
200 --recurse-submodules-default=[yes|on-demand]::
201 This option is used internally to temporarily provide a
202 non-negative default value for the --recurse-submodules
203 option. All other methods of configuring fetch's submodule
204 recursion (such as settings in linkgit:gitmodules[5] and
205 linkgit:git-config[1]) override this option, as does
206 specifying --[no-]recurse-submodules directly.
211 By default 'git fetch' refuses to update the head which
212 corresponds to the current branch. This flag disables the
213 check. This is purely for the internal use for 'git pull'
214 to communicate with 'git fetch', and unless you are
215 implementing your own Porcelain you are not supposed to
218 --upload-pack <upload-pack>::
219 When given, and the repository to fetch from is handled
220 by 'git fetch-pack', `--exec=<upload-pack>` is passed to
221 the command to specify non-default path for the command
222 run on the other end.
227 Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally
228 used git commands. Progress is not reported to the standard error
237 Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
238 by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q
239 is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the
240 standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.
243 --server-option=<option>::
244 Transmit the given string to the server when communicating using
245 protocol version 2. The given string must not contain a NUL or LF
246 character. The server's handling of server options, including
247 unknown ones, is server-specific.
248 When multiple `--server-option=<option>` are given, they are all
249 sent to the other side in the order listed on the command line.
251 --show-forced-updates::
252 By default, git checks if a branch is force-updated during
253 fetch. This can be disabled through fetch.showForcedUpdates, but
254 the --show-forced-updates option guarantees this check occurs.
255 See linkgit:git-config[1].
257 --no-show-forced-updates::
258 By default, git checks if a branch is force-updated during
259 fetch. Pass --no-show-forced-updates or set fetch.showForcedUpdates
260 to false to skip this check for performance reasons. If used during
261 'git-pull' the --ff-only option will still check for forced updates
262 before attempting a fast-forward update. See linkgit:git-config[1].
266 Use IPv4 addresses only, ignoring IPv6 addresses.
270 Use IPv6 addresses only, ignoring IPv4 addresses.