Documentation/git-fetch.txt

   1 git-fetch(1)
   2 ============
   3 v0.99.5, Aug 2005
   4
   5 NAME
   6 ----
   7 git-fetch - Download objects and a head from another repository.
   8
   9
  10 SYNOPSIS
  11 --------
  12 'git-fetch' <repository> <refspec>...
  13
  14
  15 DESCRIPTION
  16 -----------
  17 Fetches named heads or tags from another repository, along with
  18 the objects necessary to complete them.
  19
  20 The ref names and their object names of fetched refs are stored
  21 in $GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD.  This information is left for a later merge
  22 operation done by "git resolve" or "git octopus".
  23
  24
  25 OPTIONS
  26 -------
  27 include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
  28
  29 -u, \--update-head-ok::
  30         By default 'git-fetch' refuses to update the head which
  31         corresponds to the current branch.  This flag disables the
  32         check.  Note that fetching into the current branch will not
  33         update the index and working directory, so use it with care.
  34
  35
  36 Author
  37 ------
  38 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
  39 Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
  40
  41 Documentation
  42 -------------
  43 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
  44
  45 GIT
  46 ---
  47 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite