Merge branch 'js/update-index-ignore-removal-for-skip-worktree'

[thirdparty/git.git] / Documentation / fetch-options.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
index 99df1f3d4e3773bf78c4c3c128f91b33fc084d2f..43b9ff3bce218e986e9dabd57a0e7981ff59166a 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
@@ -160,10 +160,15 @@ ifndef::git-pull[]
 
 -j::
 --jobs=<n>::
-       Number of parallel children to be used for fetching submodules.
-       Each will fetch from different submodules, such that fetching many
-       submodules will be faster. By default submodules will be fetched
-       one at a time.
+       Number of parallel children to be used for all forms of fetching.
++
+If the `--multiple` option was specified, the different remotes will be fetched
+in parallel. If multiple submodules are fetched, they will be fetched in
+parallel. To control them independently, use the config settings
+`fetch.parallel` and `submodule.fetchJobs` (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
++
+Typically, parallel recursive and multi-remote fetches will be faster. By
+default fetches are performed sequentially, not in parallel.
 
 --no-recurse-submodules::
        Disable recursive fetching of submodules (this has the same effect as