From: Christian Couder Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 11:11:09 +0000 (+0100) Subject: doc: fetch: document `--filter=` option X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0d76d0c60024c66c7ce0736ad479861aff55a8f6;p=thirdparty%2Fgit.git doc: fetch: document `--filter=` option The `--filter=` option is documented in most commands that support it except `git fetch`. Let's fix that and document that option properly in the same way as it is already documented for `git clone`. Signed-off-by: Christian Couder Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.adoc b/Documentation/fetch-options.adoc index fcba46ee9e..70a9818331 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.adoc +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.adoc @@ -88,6 +88,16 @@ linkgit:git-config[1]. This is incompatible with `--recurse-submodules=(yes|on-demand)` and takes precedence over the `fetch.output` config option. +--filter=:: + Use the partial clone feature and request that the server sends + a subset of reachable objects according to a given object filter. + When using `--filter`, the supplied __ is used for + the partial fetch. For example, `--filter=blob:none` will filter + out all blobs (file contents) until needed by Git. Also, + `--filter=blob:limit=` will filter out all blobs of size + at least __. For more details on filter specifications, see + the `--filter` option in linkgit:git-rev-list[1]. + ifndef::git-pull[] `--write-fetch-head`:: `--no-write-fetch-head`::