Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.5.6.1-156-ge903b
diff --git a/git-fetch-pack.txt b/git-fetch-pack.txt index 282fcaf..a069f8d 100644 --- a/git-fetch-pack.txt +++ b/git-fetch-pack.txt
@@ -8,18 +8,18 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-fetch-pack' [--all] [--quiet|-q] [--keep|-k] [--thin] [--include-tag] [--upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>] [--depth=<n>] [--no-progress] [-v] [<host>:]<directory> [<refs>...] +'git fetch-pack' [--all] [--quiet|-q] [--keep|-k] [--thin] [--include-tag] [--upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>] [--depth=<n>] [--no-progress] [-v] [<host>:]<directory> [<refs>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- -Usually you would want to use linkgit:git-fetch[1] which is a -higher level wrapper of this command instead. +Usually you would want to use `git-fetch`, which is a +higher level wrapper of this command, instead. -Invokes 'git-upload-pack' on a potentially remote repository, +Invokes `git-upload-pack` on a possibly remote repository and asks it to send objects missing from this repository, to update the named heads. The list of commits available locally is found out by scanning local $GIT_DIR/refs/ and sent to -'git-upload-pack' running on the other end. +`git-upload-pack` running on the other end. This command degenerates to download everything to complete the asked refs from the remote side when the local side does not @@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ -q:: --quiet:: - Pass '-q' flag to 'git-unpack-objects'; this makes the + Pass '-q' flag to `git-unpack-objects`; this makes the cloning process less verbose. -k:: --keep:: - Do not invoke 'git-unpack-objects' on received data, but + Do not invoke `git-unpack-objects` on received data, but create a single packfile out of it instead, and store it in the object database. If provided twice then the pack is locked against repacking. @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ otherwise determine the tags this option made available. --upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>:: - Use this to specify the path to 'git-upload-pack' on the + Use this to specify the path to `git-upload-pack` on the remote side, if is not found on your $PATH. Installations of sshd ignores the user's environment setup scripts for login shells (e.g. .bash_profile) and @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ <host>:: A remote host that houses the repository. When this - part is specified, 'git-upload-pack' is invoked via + part is specified, `git-upload-pack` is invoked via ssh. <directory>::
