7 git-fetch-pack - Receive missing objects from another repository.
12 git-fetch-pack [-q] [--exec=<git-upload-pack>] [<host>:]<directory> [<head>...] < <commit-list>
16 Invokes 'git-upload-pack' on a potentially remote repository,
17 and asks it to send objects missing from this repository, to
18 update the named heads. The list of commits available locally
19 is fed from the standard input, to be sent to 'git-upload-pack'
20 running on the other end.
22 This command can be used only when the local side has a common
23 (ancestor) commit with the remote head that is being pulled
24 from. Use 'git-clone-pack' for that.
30 Pass '-q' flag to 'git-unpack-objects'; this makes the
31 cloning process less verbose.
33 --exec=<git-upload-pack>::
34 Use this to specify the path to 'git-upload-pack' on the
35 remote side, if is not found on your $PATH.
36 Installations of sshd ignores the user's environment
37 setup scripts for login shells (e.g. .bash_profile) and
38 your privately installed GIT may not be found on the system
39 default $PATH. Another workaround suggested is to set
40 up your $PATH in ".bashrc", but this flag is for people
41 who do not want to pay the overhead for non-interactive
42 shells by having a lean .bashrc file (they set most of
43 the things up in .bash_profile).
46 A remote host that houses the repository. When this
47 part is specified, 'git-upload-pack' is invoked via
51 The repository to sync from.
54 The remote heads to update from. This is relative to
55 $GIT_DIR (e.g. "HEAD", "refs/heads/master"). When
56 unspecified, update from all heads the remote side has.
58 However the program refuses to work if more than one
59 remote head matches the specified heads. I am not sure
60 what this means... Help!!!!!
65 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
69 Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
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