1git-fetch(1) 2============ 3v0.99.5, Aug 2005 4 5NAME 6---- 7git-fetch - Download objects and a head from another repository. 8 9 10SYNOPSIS 11-------- 12'git-fetch' <repository> <refspec>... 13 14 15DESCRIPTION 16----------- 17Fetches named heads or tags from another repository, along with 18the objects necessary to complete them. 19 20The ref names and their object names of fetched refs are stored 21in $GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD. This information is left for a later merge 22operation done by "git resolve" or "git octopus". 23 24 25OPTIONS 26------- 27include::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 36Author 37------ 38Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and 39Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> 40 41Documentation 42-------------- 43Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. 44 45GIT 46--- 47Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite