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 Deepen the history of a 'shallow' repository created by
12 `git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see linkgit:git-clone[1])
13 by the specified number of commits.
17 When 'git-fetch' is used with `<rbranch>:<lbranch>`
18 refspec, it refuses to update the local branch
19 `<lbranch>` unless the remote branch `<rbranch>` it
20 fetches is a descendant of `<lbranch>`. This option
29 Allow several <repository> and <group> arguments to be
30 specified. No <refspec>s may be specified.
33 After fetching, remove any remote tracking branches which
34 no longer exist on the remote.
44 By default, tags that point at objects that are downloaded
45 from the remote repository are fetched and stored locally.
46 This option disables this automatic tag following.
50 Most of the tags are fetched automatically as branch
51 heads are downloaded, but tags that do not point at
52 objects reachable from the branch heads that are being
53 tracked will not be fetched by this mechanism. This
54 flag lets all tags and their associated objects be
59 By default 'git-fetch' refuses to update the head which
60 corresponds to the current branch. This flag disables the
61 check. This is purely for the internal use for 'git-pull'
62 to communicate with 'git-fetch', and unless you are
63 implementing your own Porcelain you are not supposed to
66 --upload-pack <upload-pack>::
67 When given, and the repository to fetch from is handled
68 by 'git-fetch-pack', '--exec=<upload-pack>' is passed to
69 the command to specify non-default path for the command
75 Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally