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1 | git-fetch-pack(1) |
| 2 | ================= | |
| 3 | v0.1, July 2005 | |
| 4 | ||
| 5 | NAME | |
| 6 | ---- | |
| 7 | git-fetch-pack - Receive missing objects from another repository. | |
| 8 | ||
| 9 | ||
| 10 | SYNOPSIS | |
| 11 | -------- | |
| 12 | git-fetch-pack [-q] [--exec=<git-upload-pack>] [<host>:]<directory> [<head>...] < <commit-list> | |
| 13 | ||
| 14 | DESCRIPTION | |
| 15 | ----------- | |
| 16 | Invokes 'git-upload-pack' on a potentially remote repository, | |
| 17 | and asks it to send objects missing from this repository, to | |
| 18 | update the named heads. The list of commits available locally | |
| 19 | is fed from the standard input, to be sent to 'git-upload-pack' | |
| 20 | running on the other end. | |
| 21 | ||
| 22 | This command can be used only when the local side has a common | |
| 23 | (ancestor) commit with the remote head that is being pulled | |
| 24 | from. Use 'git-clone-pack' for that. | |
| 25 | ||
| 26 | ||
| 27 | OPTIONS | |
| 28 | ------- | |
| 29 | -q:: | |
| 30 | Pass '-q' flag to 'git-unpack-objects'; this makes the | |
| 31 | cloning process less verbose. | |
| 32 | ||
| 33 | --exec=<git-upload-pack>:: | |
| 34 | Use this to specify the path to 'git-upload-pack' on the | |
| 35 | remote side, if is not found on your $PATH. | |
| 36 | Installations of sshd ignores the user's environment | |
| 37 | setup scripts for login shells (e.g. .bash_profile) and | |
| 38 | your privately installed GIT may not be found on the system | |
| 39 | default $PATH. Another workaround suggested is to set | |
| 40 | up your $PATH in ".bashrc", but this flag is for people | |
| 41 | who do not want to pay the overhead for non-interactive | |
| 42 | shells by having a lean .bashrc file (they set most of | |
| 43 | the things up in .bash_profile). | |
| 44 | ||
| 45 | <host>:: | |
| 46 | A remote host that houses the repository. When this | |
| 47 | part is specified, 'git-upload-pack' is invoked via | |
| 48 | ssh. | |
| 49 | ||
| 50 | <directory>:: | |
| 51 | The repository to sync from. | |
| 52 | ||
| 53 | <head>...:: | |
| 54 | The remote heads to update from. This is relative to | |
| 55 | $GIT_DIR (e.g. "HEAD", "refs/heads/master"). When | |
| 56 | unspecified, update from all heads the remote side has. | |
| 57 | ||
| 58 | However the program refuses to work if more than one | |
| 59 | remote head matches the specified heads. I am not sure | |
| 60 | what this means... Help!!!!! | |
| 61 | ||
| 62 | ||
| 63 | Author | |
| 64 | ------ | |
| 65 | Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> | |
| 66 | ||
| 67 | Documentation | |
| 68 | -------------- | |
| 69 | Documentation by Junio C Hamano. | |
| 70 | ||
| 71 | GIT | |
| 72 | --- | |
| 73 | Part of the link:git.html[git] suite |