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git-fetch-pack(1)
=================

NAME
----
git-fetch-pack - Receive missing objects from another repository.


SYNOPSIS
--------
git-fetch-pack [-q] [--exec=<git-upload-pack>] [<host>:]<directory> [<refs>...]

DESCRIPTION
-----------
Invokes 'git-upload-pack' on a potentially 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.

This command degenerates to download everything to complete the
asked refs from the remote side when the local side does not
have a common ancestor commit.


OPTIONS
-------
-q::
	Pass '-q' flag to 'git-unpack-objects'; this makes the
	cloning process less verbose.

--exec=<git-upload-pack>::
	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
	your privately installed GIT may not be found on the system
	default $PATH.  Another workaround suggested is to set
	up your $PATH in ".bashrc", but this flag is for people
	who do not want to pay the overhead for non-interactive
	shells by having a lean .bashrc file (they set most of
	the things up in .bash_profile).

<host>::
	A remote host that houses the repository.  When this
	part is specified, 'git-upload-pack' is invoked via
	ssh.

<directory>::
	The repository to sync from.

<refs>...::
	The remote heads to update from. This is relative to
	$GIT_DIR (e.g. "HEAD", "refs/heads/master").  When
	unspecified, update from all heads the remote side has.


Author
------
Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

Documentation
--------------
Documentation by Junio C Hamano.

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