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` configuration variable
66 documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
69 Show what would be done, without making any changes.
72 --[no-]write-fetch-head::
73 Write the list of remote refs fetched in the `FETCH_HEAD`
74 file directly under `$GIT_DIR`. This is the default.
75 Passing `--no-write-fetch-head` from the command line tells
76 Git not to write the file. Under `--dry-run` option, the
77 file is never written.
82 When 'git fetch' is used with `<src>:<dst>` refspec it may
83 refuse to update the local branch as discussed
85 in the `<refspec>` part of the linkgit:git-fetch[1]
89 in the `<refspec>` part below.
91 This option overrides that check.
99 Allow several <repository> and <group> arguments to be
100 specified. No <refspec>s may be specified.
102 --[no-]auto-maintenance::
104 Run `git maintenance run --auto` at the end to perform automatic
105 repository maintenance if needed. (`--[no-]auto-gc` is a synonym.)
106 This is enabled by default.
108 --[no-]write-commit-graph::
109 Write a commit-graph after fetching. This overrides the config
110 setting `fetch.writeCommitGraph`.
115 Before fetching, remove any remote-tracking references that no
116 longer exist on the remote. Tags are not subject to pruning
117 if they are fetched only because of the default tag
118 auto-following or due to a --tags option. However, if tags
119 are fetched due to an explicit refspec (either on the command
120 line or in the remote configuration, for example if the remote
121 was cloned with the --mirror option), then they are also
122 subject to pruning. Supplying `--prune-tags` is a shorthand for
123 providing the tag refspec.
126 See the PRUNING section below for more details.
130 Before fetching, remove any local tags that no longer exist on
131 the remote if `--prune` is enabled. This option should be used
132 more carefully, unlike `--prune` it will remove any local
133 references (local tags) that have been created. This option is
134 a shorthand for providing the explicit tag refspec along with
135 `--prune`, see the discussion about that in its documentation.
137 See the PRUNING section below for more details.
145 By default, tags that point at objects that are downloaded
146 from the remote repository are fetched and stored locally.
147 This option disables this automatic tag following. The default
148 behavior for a remote may be specified with the remote.<name>.tagOpt
149 setting. See linkgit:git-config[1].
152 When fetching refs listed on the command line, use the
153 specified refspec (can be given more than once) to map the
154 refs to remote-tracking branches, instead of the values of
155 `remote.*.fetch` configuration variables for the remote
156 repository. Providing an empty `<refspec>` to the
157 `--refmap` option causes Git to ignore the configured
158 refspecs and rely entirely on the refspecs supplied as
159 command-line arguments. See section on "Configured Remote-tracking
160 Branches" for details.
164 Fetch all tags from the remote (i.e., fetch remote tags
165 `refs/tags/*` into local tags with the same name), in addition
166 to whatever else would otherwise be fetched. Using this
167 option alone does not subject tags to pruning, even if --prune
168 is used (though tags may be pruned anyway if they are also the
169 destination of an explicit refspec; see `--prune`).
172 --recurse-submodules[=yes|on-demand|no]::
173 This option controls if and under what conditions new commits of
174 populated submodules should be fetched too. It can be used as a
175 boolean option to completely disable recursion when set to 'no' or to
176 unconditionally recurse into all populated submodules when set to
177 'yes', which is the default when this option is used without any
178 value. Use 'on-demand' to only recurse into a populated submodule
179 when the superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
180 reference to a commit that isn't already in the local submodule
181 clone. By default, 'on-demand' is used, unless
182 `fetch.recurseSubmodules` is set (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
187 Number of parallel children to be used for all forms of fetching.
189 If the `--multiple` option was specified, the different remotes will be fetched
190 in parallel. If multiple submodules are fetched, they will be fetched in
191 parallel. To control them independently, use the config settings
192 `fetch.parallel` and `submodule.fetchJobs` (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
194 Typically, parallel recursive and multi-remote fetches will be faster. By
195 default fetches are performed sequentially, not in parallel.
198 --no-recurse-submodules::
199 Disable recursive fetching of submodules (this has the same effect as
200 using the `--recurse-submodules=no` option).
204 If the remote is fetched successfully, add upstream
205 (tracking) reference, used by argument-less
206 linkgit:git-pull[1] and other commands. For more information,
207 see `branch.<name>.merge` and `branch.<name>.remote` in
208 linkgit:git-config[1].
211 --submodule-prefix=<path>::
212 Prepend <path> to paths printed in informative messages
213 such as "Fetching submodule foo". This option is used
214 internally when recursing over submodules.
216 --recurse-submodules-default=[yes|on-demand]::
217 This option is used internally to temporarily provide a
218 non-negative default value for the --recurse-submodules
219 option. All other methods of configuring fetch's submodule
220 recursion (such as settings in linkgit:gitmodules[5] and
221 linkgit:git-config[1]) override this option, as does
222 specifying --[no-]recurse-submodules directly.
226 By default 'git fetch' refuses to update the head which
227 corresponds to the current branch. This flag disables the
228 check. This is purely for the internal use for 'git pull'
229 to communicate with 'git fetch', and unless you are
230 implementing your own Porcelain you are not supposed to
234 --upload-pack <upload-pack>::
235 When given, and the repository to fetch from is handled
236 by 'git fetch-pack', `--exec=<upload-pack>` is passed to
237 the command to specify non-default path for the command
238 run on the other end.
243 Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally
244 used git commands. Progress is not reported to the standard error
253 Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
254 by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q
255 is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the
256 standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.
259 --server-option=<option>::
260 Transmit the given string to the server when communicating using
261 protocol version 2. The given string must not contain a NUL or LF
262 character. The server's handling of server options, including
263 unknown ones, is server-specific.
264 When multiple `--server-option=<option>` are given, they are all
265 sent to the other side in the order listed on the command line.
267 --show-forced-updates::
268 By default, git checks if a branch is force-updated during
269 fetch. This can be disabled through fetch.showForcedUpdates, but
270 the --show-forced-updates option guarantees this check occurs.
271 See linkgit:git-config[1].
273 --no-show-forced-updates::
274 By default, git checks if a branch is force-updated during
275 fetch. Pass --no-show-forced-updates or set fetch.showForcedUpdates
276 to false to skip this check for performance reasons. If used during
277 'git-pull' the --ff-only option will still check for forced updates
278 before attempting a fast-forward update. See linkgit:git-config[1].
282 Use IPv4 addresses only, ignoring IPv6 addresses.
286 Use IPv6 addresses only, ignoring IPv4 addresses.