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 If the source repository is complete, convert a shallow
19 repository to a complete one, removing all the limitations
20 imposed by shallow repositories.
22 If the source repository is shallow, fetch as much as possible so that
23 the current repository has the same history as the source repository.
26 By default when fetching from a shallow repository,
27 `git fetch` refuses refs that require updating
28 .git/shallow. This option updates .git/shallow and accept such
33 Show what would be done, without making any changes.
38 When 'git fetch' is used with `<rbranch>:<lbranch>`
39 refspec, it refuses to update the local branch
40 `<lbranch>` unless the remote branch `<rbranch>` it
41 fetches is a descendant of `<lbranch>`. This option
50 Allow several <repository> and <group> arguments to be
51 specified. No <refspec>s may be specified.
55 After fetching, remove any remote-tracking references that no
56 longer exist on the remote. Tags are not subject to pruning
57 if they are fetched only because of the default tag
58 auto-following or due to a --tags option. However, if tags
59 are fetched due to an explicit refspec (either on the command
60 line or in the remote configuration, for example if the remote
61 was cloned with the --mirror option), then they are also
69 By default, tags that point at objects that are downloaded
70 from the remote repository are fetched and stored locally.
71 This option disables this automatic tag following. The default
72 behavior for a remote may be specified with the remote.<name>.tagOpt
73 setting. See linkgit:git-config[1].
77 When fetching refs listed on the command line, use the
78 specified refspec (can be given more than once) to map the
79 refs to remote-tracking branches, instead of the values of
80 `remote.*.fetch` configuration variables for the remote
81 repository. See section on "Configured Remote-tracking
82 Branches" for details.
86 Fetch all tags from the remote (i.e., fetch remote tags
87 `refs/tags/*` into local tags with the same name), in addition
88 to whatever else would otherwise be fetched. Using this
89 option alone does not subject tags to pruning, even if --prune
90 is used (though tags may be pruned anyway if they are also the
91 destination of an explicit refspec; see '--prune').
93 --recurse-submodules[=yes|on-demand|no]::
94 This option controls if and under what conditions new commits of
95 populated submodules should be fetched too. It can be used as a
96 boolean option to completely disable recursion when set to 'no' or to
97 unconditionally recurse into all populated submodules when set to
98 'yes', which is the default when this option is used without any
99 value. Use 'on-demand' to only recurse into a populated submodule
100 when the superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
101 reference to a commit that isn't already in the local submodule
104 --no-recurse-submodules::
105 Disable recursive fetching of submodules (this has the same effect as
106 using the '--recurse-submodules=no' option).
108 --submodule-prefix=<path>::
109 Prepend <path> to paths printed in informative messages
110 such as "Fetching submodule foo". This option is used
111 internally when recursing over submodules.
113 --recurse-submodules-default=[yes|on-demand]::
114 This option is used internally to temporarily provide a
115 non-negative default value for the --recurse-submodules
116 option. All other methods of configuring fetch's submodule
117 recursion (such as settings in linkgit:gitmodules[5] and
118 linkgit:git-config[1]) override this option, as does
119 specifying --[no-]recurse-submodules directly.
124 By default 'git fetch' refuses to update the head which
125 corresponds to the current branch. This flag disables the
126 check. This is purely for the internal use for 'git pull'
127 to communicate with 'git fetch', and unless you are
128 implementing your own Porcelain you are not supposed to
131 --upload-pack <upload-pack>::
132 When given, and the repository to fetch from is handled
133 by 'git fetch-pack', '--exec=<upload-pack>' is passed to
134 the command to specify non-default path for the command
135 run on the other end.
140 Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally
141 used git commands. Progress is not reported to the standard error
150 Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
151 by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q
152 is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the
153 standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.