The text made it sound as if the leading plus is the only thing that
is optional, and forgot that <lhs> is the same as <lhs>:, i.e. fetch
it and do not store anywhere.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The format of a <refspec> parameter is an optional plus
`+`, followed by the source ref <src>, followed
by a colon `:`, followed by the destination ref <dst>.
+ The colon can be omitted when <dst> is empty.
+
The remote ref that matches <src>
is fetched, and if <dst> is not empty string, the local