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.
61 See also the `fetch.negotiationAlgorithm` configuration variable
62 documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
66 Show what would be done, without making any changes.
71 When 'git fetch' is used with `<src>:<dst>` refspec it may
72 refuse to update the local branch as discussed
74 in the `<refspec>` part of the linkgit:git-fetch[1]
78 in the `<refspec>` part below.
80 This option overrides that check.
88 Allow several <repository> and <group> arguments to be
89 specified. No <refspec>s may be specified.
92 Run `git gc --auto` at the end to perform garbage collection
93 if needed. This is enabled by default.
95 --[no-]write-commit-graph::
96 Write a commit-graph after fetching. This overrides the config
97 setting `fetch.writeCommitGraph`.
101 Before fetching, remove any remote-tracking references that no
102 longer exist on the remote. Tags are not subject to pruning
103 if they are fetched only because of the default tag
104 auto-following or due to a --tags option. However, if tags
105 are fetched due to an explicit refspec (either on the command
106 line or in the remote configuration, for example if the remote
107 was cloned with the --mirror option), then they are also
108 subject to pruning. Supplying `--prune-tags` is a shorthand for
109 providing the tag refspec.
111 See the PRUNING section below for more details.
115 Before fetching, remove any local tags that no longer exist on
116 the remote if `--prune` is enabled. This option should be used
117 more carefully, unlike `--prune` it will remove any local
118 references (local tags) that have been created. This option is
119 a shorthand for providing the explicit tag refspec along with
120 `--prune`, see the discussion about that in its documentation.
122 See the PRUNING section below for more details.
130 By default, tags that point at objects that are downloaded
131 from the remote repository are fetched and stored locally.
132 This option disables this automatic tag following. The default
133 behavior for a remote may be specified with the remote.<name>.tagOpt
134 setting. See linkgit:git-config[1].
138 When fetching refs listed on the command line, use the
139 specified refspec (can be given more than once) to map the
140 refs to remote-tracking branches, instead of the values of
141 `remote.*.fetch` configuration variables for the remote
142 repository. Providing an empty `<refspec>` to the
143 `--refmap` option causes Git to ignore the configured
144 refspecs and rely entirely on the refspecs supplied as
145 command-line arguments. See section on "Configured Remote-tracking
146 Branches" for details.
150 Fetch all tags from the remote (i.e., fetch remote tags
151 `refs/tags/*` into local tags with the same name), in addition
152 to whatever else would otherwise be fetched. Using this
153 option alone does not subject tags to pruning, even if --prune
154 is used (though tags may be pruned anyway if they are also the
155 destination of an explicit refspec; see `--prune`).
157 --recurse-submodules[=yes|on-demand|no]::
158 This option controls if and under what conditions new commits of
159 populated submodules should be fetched too. It can be used as a
160 boolean option to completely disable recursion when set to 'no' or to
161 unconditionally recurse into all populated submodules when set to
162 'yes', which is the default when this option is used without any
163 value. Use 'on-demand' to only recurse into a populated submodule
164 when the superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
165 reference to a commit that isn't already in the local submodule
170 Number of parallel children to be used for all forms of fetching.
172 If the `--multiple` option was specified, the different remotes will be fetched
173 in parallel. If multiple submodules are fetched, they will be fetched in
174 parallel. To control them independently, use the config settings
175 `fetch.parallel` and `submodule.fetchJobs` (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
177 Typically, parallel recursive and multi-remote fetches will be faster. By
178 default fetches are performed sequentially, not in parallel.
180 --no-recurse-submodules::
181 Disable recursive fetching of submodules (this has the same effect as
182 using the `--recurse-submodules=no` option).
185 If the remote is fetched successfully, pull and add upstream
186 (tracking) reference, used by argument-less
187 linkgit:git-pull[1] and other commands. For more information,
188 see `branch.<name>.merge` and `branch.<name>.remote` in
189 linkgit:git-config[1].
191 --submodule-prefix=<path>::
192 Prepend <path> to paths printed in informative messages
193 such as "Fetching submodule foo". This option is used
194 internally when recursing over submodules.
196 --recurse-submodules-default=[yes|on-demand]::
197 This option is used internally to temporarily provide a
198 non-negative default value for the --recurse-submodules
199 option. All other methods of configuring fetch's submodule
200 recursion (such as settings in linkgit:gitmodules[5] and
201 linkgit:git-config[1]) override this option, as does
202 specifying --[no-]recurse-submodules directly.
207 By default 'git fetch' refuses to update the head which
208 corresponds to the current branch. This flag disables the
209 check. This is purely for the internal use for 'git pull'
210 to communicate with 'git fetch', and unless you are
211 implementing your own Porcelain you are not supposed to
214 --upload-pack <upload-pack>::
215 When given, and the repository to fetch from is handled
216 by 'git fetch-pack', `--exec=<upload-pack>` is passed to
217 the command to specify non-default path for the command
218 run on the other end.
223 Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally
224 used git commands. Progress is not reported to the standard error
233 Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
234 by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q
235 is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the
236 standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.
239 --server-option=<option>::
240 Transmit the given string to the server when communicating using
241 protocol version 2. The given string must not contain a NUL or LF
242 character. The server's handling of server options, including
243 unknown ones, is server-specific.
244 When multiple `--server-option=<option>` are given, they are all
245 sent to the other side in the order listed on the command line.
247 --show-forced-updates::
248 By default, git checks if a branch is force-updated during
249 fetch. This can be disabled through fetch.showForcedUpdates, but
250 the --show-forced-updates option guarantees this check occurs.
251 See linkgit:git-config[1].
253 --no-show-forced-updates::
254 By default, git checks if a branch is force-updated during
255 fetch. Pass --no-show-forced-updates or set fetch.showForcedUpdates
256 to false to skip this check for performance reasons. If used during
257 'git-pull' the --ff-only option will still check for forced updates
258 before attempting a fast-forward update. See linkgit:git-config[1].
262 Use IPv4 addresses only, ignoring IPv6 addresses.
266 Use IPv6 addresses only, ignoring IPv4 addresses.