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 Similar to --depth, except it specifies the number of commits
19 from the current shallow boundary instead of from the tip of
20 each remote branch history.
22 --shallow-since=<date>::
23 Deepen or shorten the history of a shallow repository to
24 include all reachable commits after <date>.
26 --shallow-exclude=<revision>::
27 Deepen or shorten the history of a shallow repository to
28 exclude commits reachable from a specified remote branch or tag.
29 This option can be specified multiple times.
32 If the source repository is complete, convert a shallow
33 repository to a complete one, removing all the limitations
34 imposed by shallow repositories.
36 If the source repository is shallow, fetch as much as possible so that
37 the current repository has the same history as the source repository.
40 By default when fetching from a shallow repository,
41 `git fetch` refuses refs that require updating
42 .git/shallow. This option updates .git/shallow and accept such
45 --negotiation-tip=<commit|glob>::
46 By default, Git will report, to the server, commits reachable
47 from all local refs to find common commits in an attempt to
48 reduce the size of the to-be-received packfile. If specified,
49 Git will only report commits reachable from the given tips.
50 This is useful to speed up fetches when the user knows which
51 local ref is likely to have commits in common with the
52 upstream ref being fetched.
54 This option may be specified more than once; if so, Git will report
55 commits reachable from any of the given commits.
57 The argument to this option may be a glob on ref names, a ref, or the (possibly
58 abbreviated) SHA-1 of a commit. Specifying a glob is equivalent to specifying
59 this option multiple times, one for each matching ref name.
63 Show what would be done, without making any changes.
68 When 'git fetch' is used with `<rbranch>:<lbranch>`
69 refspec, it refuses to update the local branch
70 `<lbranch>` unless the remote branch `<rbranch>` it
71 fetches is a descendant of `<lbranch>`. This option
80 Allow several <repository> and <group> arguments to be
81 specified. No <refspec>s may be specified.
85 Before fetching, remove any remote-tracking references that no
86 longer exist on the remote. Tags are not subject to pruning
87 if they are fetched only because of the default tag
88 auto-following or due to a --tags option. However, if tags
89 are fetched due to an explicit refspec (either on the command
90 line or in the remote configuration, for example if the remote
91 was cloned with the --mirror option), then they are also
92 subject to pruning. Supplying `--prune-tags` is a shorthand for
93 providing the tag refspec.
95 See the PRUNING section below for more details.
99 Before fetching, remove any local tags that no longer exist on
100 the remote if `--prune` is enabled. This option should be used
101 more carefully, unlike `--prune` it will remove any local
102 references (local tags) that have been created. This option is
103 a shorthand for providing the explicit tag refspec along with
104 `--prune`, see the discussion about that in its documentation.
106 See the PRUNING section below for more details.
114 By default, tags that point at objects that are downloaded
115 from the remote repository are fetched and stored locally.
116 This option disables this automatic tag following. The default
117 behavior for a remote may be specified with the remote.<name>.tagOpt
118 setting. See linkgit:git-config[1].
122 When fetching refs listed on the command line, use the
123 specified refspec (can be given more than once) to map the
124 refs to remote-tracking branches, instead of the values of
125 `remote.*.fetch` configuration variables for the remote
126 repository. See section on "Configured Remote-tracking
127 Branches" for details.
131 Fetch all tags from the remote (i.e., fetch remote tags
132 `refs/tags/*` into local tags with the same name), in addition
133 to whatever else would otherwise be fetched. Using this
134 option alone does not subject tags to pruning, even if --prune
135 is used (though tags may be pruned anyway if they are also the
136 destination of an explicit refspec; see `--prune`).
138 --recurse-submodules[=yes|on-demand|no]::
139 This option controls if and under what conditions new commits of
140 populated submodules should be fetched too. It can be used as a
141 boolean option to completely disable recursion when set to 'no' or to
142 unconditionally recurse into all populated submodules when set to
143 'yes', which is the default when this option is used without any
144 value. Use 'on-demand' to only recurse into a populated submodule
145 when the superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
146 reference to a commit that isn't already in the local submodule
151 Number of parallel children to be used for fetching submodules.
152 Each will fetch from different submodules, such that fetching many
153 submodules will be faster. By default submodules will be fetched
156 --no-recurse-submodules::
157 Disable recursive fetching of submodules (this has the same effect as
158 using the `--recurse-submodules=no` option).
160 --submodule-prefix=<path>::
161 Prepend <path> to paths printed in informative messages
162 such as "Fetching submodule foo". This option is used
163 internally when recursing over submodules.
165 --recurse-submodules-default=[yes|on-demand]::
166 This option is used internally to temporarily provide a
167 non-negative default value for the --recurse-submodules
168 option. All other methods of configuring fetch's submodule
169 recursion (such as settings in linkgit:gitmodules[5] and
170 linkgit:git-config[1]) override this option, as does
171 specifying --[no-]recurse-submodules directly.
176 By default 'git fetch' refuses to update the head which
177 corresponds to the current branch. This flag disables the
178 check. This is purely for the internal use for 'git pull'
179 to communicate with 'git fetch', and unless you are
180 implementing your own Porcelain you are not supposed to
183 --upload-pack <upload-pack>::
184 When given, and the repository to fetch from is handled
185 by 'git fetch-pack', `--exec=<upload-pack>` is passed to
186 the command to specify non-default path for the command
187 run on the other end.
192 Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally
193 used git commands. Progress is not reported to the standard error
202 Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
203 by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q
204 is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the
205 standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.
208 --server-option=<option>::
209 Transmit the given string to the server when communicating using
210 protocol version 2. The given string must not contain a NUL or LF
212 When multiple `--server-option=<option>` are given, they are all
213 sent to the other side in the order listed on the command line.
217 Use IPv4 addresses only, ignoring IPv6 addresses.
221 Use IPv6 addresses only, ignoring IPv4 addresses.