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].
65 Show what would be done, without making any changes.
69 When 'git fetch' is used with `<src>:<dst>` refspec it may
70 refuse to update the local branch as discussed
72 in the `<refspec>` part of the linkgit:git-fetch[1]
76 in the `<refspec>` part below.
78 This option overrides that check.
86 Allow several <repository> and <group> arguments to be
87 specified. No <refspec>s may be specified.
90 Run `git gc --auto` at the end to perform garbage collection
91 if needed. This is enabled by default.
93 --[no-]write-commit-graph::
94 Write a commit-graph after fetching. This overrides the config
95 setting `fetch.writeCommitGraph`.
100 Before fetching, remove any remote-tracking references that no
101 longer exist on the remote. Tags are not subject to pruning
102 if they are fetched only because of the default tag
103 auto-following or due to a --tags option. However, if tags
104 are fetched due to an explicit refspec (either on the command
105 line or in the remote configuration, for example if the remote
106 was cloned with the --mirror option), then they are also
107 subject to pruning. Supplying `--prune-tags` is a shorthand for
108 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].
137 When fetching refs listed on the command line, use the
138 specified refspec (can be given more than once) to map the
139 refs to remote-tracking branches, instead of the values of
140 `remote.*.fetch` configuration variables for the remote
141 repository. Providing an empty `<refspec>` to the
142 `--refmap` option causes Git to ignore the configured
143 refspecs and rely entirely on the refspecs supplied as
144 command-line arguments. See section on "Configured Remote-tracking
145 Branches" for details.
149 Fetch all tags from the remote (i.e., fetch remote tags
150 `refs/tags/*` into local tags with the same name), in addition
151 to whatever else would otherwise be fetched. Using this
152 option alone does not subject tags to pruning, even if --prune
153 is used (though tags may be pruned anyway if they are also the
154 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
166 clone. By default, 'on-demand' is used, unless
167 `fetch.recurseSubmodules` is set (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
172 Number of parallel children to be used for all forms of fetching.
174 If the `--multiple` option was specified, the different remotes will be fetched
175 in parallel. If multiple submodules are fetched, they will be fetched in
176 parallel. To control them independently, use the config settings
177 `fetch.parallel` and `submodule.fetchJobs` (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
179 Typically, parallel recursive and multi-remote fetches will be faster. By
180 default fetches are performed sequentially, not in parallel.
183 --no-recurse-submodules::
184 Disable recursive fetching of submodules (this has the same effect as
185 using the `--recurse-submodules=no` option).
189 If the remote is fetched successfully, pull and add upstream
190 (tracking) reference, used by argument-less
191 linkgit:git-pull[1] and other commands. For more information,
192 see `branch.<name>.merge` and `branch.<name>.remote` in
193 linkgit:git-config[1].
196 --submodule-prefix=<path>::
197 Prepend <path> to paths printed in informative messages
198 such as "Fetching submodule foo". This option is used
199 internally when recursing over submodules.
201 --recurse-submodules-default=[yes|on-demand]::
202 This option is used internally to temporarily provide a
203 non-negative default value for the --recurse-submodules
204 option. All other methods of configuring fetch's submodule
205 recursion (such as settings in linkgit:gitmodules[5] and
206 linkgit:git-config[1]) override this option, as does
207 specifying --[no-]recurse-submodules directly.
211 By default 'git fetch' refuses to update the head which
212 corresponds to the current branch. This flag disables the
213 check. This is purely for the internal use for 'git pull'
214 to communicate with 'git fetch', and unless you are
215 implementing your own Porcelain you are not supposed to
219 --upload-pack <upload-pack>::
220 When given, and the repository to fetch from is handled
221 by 'git fetch-pack', `--exec=<upload-pack>` is passed to
222 the command to specify non-default path for the command
223 run on the other end.
228 Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally
229 used git commands. Progress is not reported to the standard error
238 Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
239 by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q
240 is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the
241 standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.
244 --server-option=<option>::
245 Transmit the given string to the server when communicating using
246 protocol version 2. The given string must not contain a NUL or LF
247 character. The server's handling of server options, including
248 unknown ones, is server-specific.
249 When multiple `--server-option=<option>` are given, they are all
250 sent to the other side in the order listed on the command line.
252 --show-forced-updates::
253 By default, git checks if a branch is force-updated during
254 fetch. This can be disabled through fetch.showForcedUpdates, but
255 the --show-forced-updates option guarantees this check occurs.
256 See linkgit:git-config[1].
258 --no-show-forced-updates::
259 By default, git checks if a branch is force-updated during
260 fetch. Pass --no-show-forced-updates or set fetch.showForcedUpdates
261 to false to skip this check for performance reasons. If used during
262 'git-pull' the --ff-only option will still check for forced updates
263 before attempting a fast-forward update. See linkgit:git-config[1].
267 Use IPv4 addresses only, ignoring IPv6 addresses.
271 Use IPv6 addresses only, ignoring IPv4 addresses.