| Junio C Hamano | 1a4e841 | 2005-12-27 08:17:23 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | git-fetch(1) | 
|  | 2 | ============ | 
|  | 3 |  | 
|  | 4 | NAME | 
|  | 5 | ---- | 
| Junio C Hamano | 7c73c66 | 2007-01-19 00:37:50 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | git-fetch - Download objects and refs from another repository | 
| Junio C Hamano | 1a4e841 | 2005-12-27 08:17:23 | [diff] [blame] | 7 |  | 
|  | 8 |  | 
|  | 9 | SYNOPSIS | 
|  | 10 | -------- | 
|  | 11 | 'git-fetch' <options> <repository> <refspec>... | 
|  | 12 |  | 
|  | 13 |  | 
|  | 14 | DESCRIPTION | 
|  | 15 | ----------- | 
|  | 16 | Fetches named heads or tags from another repository, along with | 
|  | 17 | the objects necessary to complete them. | 
|  | 18 |  | 
|  | 19 | The ref names and their object names of fetched refs are stored | 
|  | 20 | in `.git/FETCH_HEAD`. This information is left for a later merge | 
|  | 21 | operation done by "git merge". | 
|  | 22 |  | 
| Junio C Hamano | 8be7073 | 2007-02-10 01:28:40 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | When <refspec> stores the fetched result in tracking branches, | 
|  | 24 | the tags that point at these branches are automatically | 
|  | 25 | followed. This is done by first fetching from the remote using | 
|  | 26 | the given <refspec>s, and if the repository has objects that are | 
|  | 27 | pointed by remote tags that it does not yet have, then fetch | 
|  | 28 | those missing tags. If the other end has tags that point at | 
|  | 29 | branches you are not interested in, you will not get them. | 
|  | 30 |  | 
| Junio C Hamano | 1a4e841 | 2005-12-27 08:17:23 | [diff] [blame] | 31 |  | 
|  | 32 | OPTIONS | 
|  | 33 | ------- | 
|  | 34 | include::fetch-options.txt[] | 
|  | 35 |  | 
|  | 36 | include::pull-fetch-param.txt[] | 
|  | 37 |  | 
| Junio C Hamano | 330aae6 | 2007-07-06 17:01:58 | [diff] [blame] | 38 | include::urls-remotes.txt[] | 
| Junio C Hamano | 1a4e841 | 2005-12-27 08:17:23 | [diff] [blame] | 39 |  | 
|  | 40 | SEE ALSO | 
|  | 41 | -------- | 
| Junio C Hamano | 35738e8 | 2008-01-07 07:55:46 | [diff] [blame] | 42 | linkgit:git-pull[1] | 
| Junio C Hamano | 1a4e841 | 2005-12-27 08:17:23 | [diff] [blame] | 43 |  | 
|  | 44 |  | 
|  | 45 | Author | 
|  | 46 | ------ | 
|  | 47 | Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and | 
|  | 48 | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 
|  | 49 |  | 
|  | 50 | Documentation | 
|  | 51 | ------------- | 
|  | 52 | Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. | 
|  | 53 |  | 
|  | 54 | GIT | 
|  | 55 | --- | 
| Junio C Hamano | 35738e8 | 2008-01-07 07:55:46 | [diff] [blame] | 56 | Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite |