Documentation/git-fetch.txt

   1 git-fetch(1)
   2 ============
   3
   4 NAME
   5 ----
   6 git-fetch - Download objects and a head from another repository.
   7
   8
   9 SYNOPSIS
  10 --------
  11 'git-fetch' <repository> <refspec>...
  12
  13
  14 DESCRIPTION
  15 -----------
  16 Fetches named heads or tags from another repository, along with
  17 the objects necessary to complete them.
  18
  19 The ref names and their object names of fetched refs are stored
  20 in $GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD.  This information is left for a later merge
  21 operation done by "git resolve" or "git octopus".
  22
  23
  24 OPTIONS
  25 -------
  26 include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
  27
  28 -a, \--append::
  29         Append ref names and object names of fetched refs to the
  30         existing contents of $GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD.  Without this
  31         option old data in $GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD will be overwritten.
  32
  33 -u, \--update-head-ok::
  34         By default 'git-fetch' refuses to update the head which
  35         corresponds to the current branch.  This flag disables the
  36         check.  Note that fetching into the current branch will not
  37         update the index and working directory, so use it with care.
  38
  39
  40 Author
  41 ------
  42 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
  43 Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
  44
  45 Documentation
  46 -------------
  47 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
  48
  49 GIT
  50 ---
  51 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite