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`.
114 Modify the configured refspec to place all refs into the
115 `refs/prefetch/` namespace. See the `prefetch` task in
116 linkgit:git-maintenance[1].
120 Before fetching, remove any remote-tracking references that no
121 longer exist on the remote. Tags are not subject to pruning
122 if they are fetched only because of the default tag
123 auto-following or due to a --tags option. However, if tags
124 are fetched due to an explicit refspec (either on the command
125 line or in the remote configuration, for example if the remote
126 was cloned with the --mirror option), then they are also
127 subject to pruning. Supplying `--prune-tags` is a shorthand for
128 providing the tag refspec.
131 See the PRUNING section below for more details.
135 Before fetching, remove any local tags that no longer exist on
136 the remote if `--prune` is enabled. This option should be used
137 more carefully, unlike `--prune` it will remove any local
138 references (local tags) that have been created. This option is
139 a shorthand for providing the explicit tag refspec along with
140 `--prune`, see the discussion about that in its documentation.
142 See the PRUNING section below for more details.
150 By default, tags that point at objects that are downloaded
151 from the remote repository are fetched and stored locally.
152 This option disables this automatic tag following. The default
153 behavior for a remote may be specified with the remote.<name>.tagOpt
154 setting. See linkgit:git-config[1].
157 When fetching refs listed on the command line, use the
158 specified refspec (can be given more than once) to map the
159 refs to remote-tracking branches, instead of the values of
160 `remote.*.fetch` configuration variables for the remote
161 repository. Providing an empty `<refspec>` to the
162 `--refmap` option causes Git to ignore the configured
163 refspecs and rely entirely on the refspecs supplied as
164 command-line arguments. See section on "Configured Remote-tracking
165 Branches" for details.
169 Fetch all tags from the remote (i.e., fetch remote tags
170 `refs/tags/*` into local tags with the same name), in addition
171 to whatever else would otherwise be fetched. Using this
172 option alone does not subject tags to pruning, even if --prune
173 is used (though tags may be pruned anyway if they are also the
174 destination of an explicit refspec; see `--prune`).
177 --recurse-submodules[=yes|on-demand|no]::
178 This option controls if and under what conditions new commits of
179 populated submodules should be fetched too. It can be used as a
180 boolean option to completely disable recursion when set to 'no' or to
181 unconditionally recurse into all populated submodules when set to
182 'yes', which is the default when this option is used without any
183 value. Use 'on-demand' to only recurse into a populated submodule
184 when the superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
185 reference to a commit that isn't already in the local submodule
186 clone. By default, 'on-demand' is used, unless
187 `fetch.recurseSubmodules` is set (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
192 Number of parallel children to be used for all forms of fetching.
194 If the `--multiple` option was specified, the different remotes will be fetched
195 in parallel. If multiple submodules are fetched, they will be fetched in
196 parallel. To control them independently, use the config settings
197 `fetch.parallel` and `submodule.fetchJobs` (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
199 Typically, parallel recursive and multi-remote fetches will be faster. By
200 default fetches are performed sequentially, not in parallel.
203 --no-recurse-submodules::
204 Disable recursive fetching of submodules (this has the same effect as
205 using the `--recurse-submodules=no` option).
209 If the remote is fetched successfully, add upstream
210 (tracking) reference, used by argument-less
211 linkgit:git-pull[1] and other commands. For more information,
212 see `branch.<name>.merge` and `branch.<name>.remote` in
213 linkgit:git-config[1].
216 --submodule-prefix=<path>::
217 Prepend <path> to paths printed in informative messages
218 such as "Fetching submodule foo". This option is used
219 internally when recursing over submodules.
221 --recurse-submodules-default=[yes|on-demand]::
222 This option is used internally to temporarily provide a
223 non-negative default value for the --recurse-submodules
224 option. All other methods of configuring fetch's submodule
225 recursion (such as settings in linkgit:gitmodules[5] and
226 linkgit:git-config[1]) override this option, as does
227 specifying --[no-]recurse-submodules directly.
231 By default 'git fetch' refuses to update the head which
232 corresponds to the current branch. This flag disables the
233 check. This is purely for the internal use for 'git pull'
234 to communicate with 'git fetch', and unless you are
235 implementing your own Porcelain you are not supposed to
239 --upload-pack <upload-pack>::
240 When given, and the repository to fetch from is handled
241 by 'git fetch-pack', `--exec=<upload-pack>` is passed to
242 the command to specify non-default path for the command
243 run on the other end.
248 Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally
249 used git commands. Progress is not reported to the standard error
258 Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
259 by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q
260 is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the
261 standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.
264 --server-option=<option>::
265 Transmit the given string to the server when communicating using
266 protocol version 2. The given string must not contain a NUL or LF
267 character. The server's handling of server options, including
268 unknown ones, is server-specific.
269 When multiple `--server-option=<option>` are given, they are all
270 sent to the other side in the order listed on the command line.
272 --show-forced-updates::
273 By default, git checks if a branch is force-updated during
274 fetch. This can be disabled through fetch.showForcedUpdates, but
275 the --show-forced-updates option guarantees this check occurs.
276 See linkgit:git-config[1].
278 --no-show-forced-updates::
279 By default, git checks if a branch is force-updated during
280 fetch. Pass --no-show-forced-updates or set fetch.showForcedUpdates
281 to false to skip this check for performance reasons. If used during
282 'git-pull' the --ff-only option will still check for forced updates
283 before attempting a fast-forward update. See linkgit:git-config[1].
287 Use IPv4 addresses only, ignoring IPv6 addresses.
291 Use IPv6 addresses only, ignoring IPv4 addresses.