Documentation / fetch-options.txton commit Git 2.16-rc0 (1eaabe3)
   1--all::
   2        Fetch all remotes.
   3
   4-a::
   5--append::
   6        Append ref names and object names of fetched refs to the
   7        existing contents of `.git/FETCH_HEAD`.  Without this
   8        option old data in `.git/FETCH_HEAD` will be overwritten.
   9
  10--depth=<depth>::
  11        Limit fetching to the specified number of commits from the tip of
  12        each remote branch history. If fetching to a 'shallow' repository
  13        created by `git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see
  14        linkgit:git-clone[1]), deepen or shorten the history to the specified
  15        number of commits. Tags for the deepened commits are not fetched.
  16
  17--deepen=<depth>::
  18        Similar to --depth, except it specifies the number of commits
  19        from the current shallow boundary instead of from the tip of
  20        each remote branch history.
  21
  22--shallow-since=<date>::
  23        Deepen or shorten the history of a shallow repository to
  24        include all reachable commits after <date>.
  25
  26--shallow-exclude=<revision>::
  27        Deepen or shorten the history of a shallow repository to
  28        exclude commits reachable from a specified remote branch or tag.
  29        This option can be specified multiple times.
  30
  31--unshallow::
  32        If the source repository is complete, convert a shallow
  33        repository to a complete one, removing all the limitations
  34        imposed by shallow repositories.
  35+
  36If the source repository is shallow, fetch as much as possible so that
  37the current repository has the same history as the source repository.
  38
  39--update-shallow::
  40        By default when fetching from a shallow repository,
  41        `git fetch` refuses refs that require updating
  42        .git/shallow. This option updates .git/shallow and accept such
  43        refs.
  44
  45ifndef::git-pull[]
  46--dry-run::
  47        Show what would be done, without making any changes.
  48endif::git-pull[]
  49
  50-f::
  51--force::
  52        When 'git fetch' is used with `<rbranch>:<lbranch>`
  53        refspec, it refuses to update the local branch
  54        `<lbranch>` unless the remote branch `<rbranch>` it
  55        fetches is a descendant of `<lbranch>`.  This option
  56        overrides that check.
  57
  58-k::
  59--keep::
  60        Keep downloaded pack.
  61
  62ifndef::git-pull[]
  63--multiple::
  64        Allow several <repository> and <group> arguments to be
  65        specified. No <refspec>s may be specified.
  66
  67-p::
  68--prune::
  69        Before fetching, remove any remote-tracking references that no
  70        longer exist on the remote.  Tags are not subject to pruning
  71        if they are fetched only because of the default tag
  72        auto-following or due to a --tags option.  However, if tags
  73        are fetched due to an explicit refspec (either on the command
  74        line or in the remote configuration, for example if the remote
  75        was cloned with the --mirror option), then they are also
  76        subject to pruning.
  77endif::git-pull[]
  78
  79ifndef::git-pull[]
  80-n::
  81endif::git-pull[]
  82--no-tags::
  83        By default, tags that point at objects that are downloaded
  84        from the remote repository are fetched and stored locally.
  85        This option disables this automatic tag following. The default
  86        behavior for a remote may be specified with the remote.<name>.tagOpt
  87        setting. See linkgit:git-config[1].
  88
  89ifndef::git-pull[]
  90--refmap=<refspec>::
  91        When fetching refs listed on the command line, use the
  92        specified refspec (can be given more than once) to map the
  93        refs to remote-tracking branches, instead of the values of
  94        `remote.*.fetch` configuration variables for the remote
  95        repository.  See section on "Configured Remote-tracking
  96        Branches" for details.
  97
  98-t::
  99--tags::
 100        Fetch all tags from the remote (i.e., fetch remote tags
 101        `refs/tags/*` into local tags with the same name), in addition
 102        to whatever else would otherwise be fetched.  Using this
 103        option alone does not subject tags to pruning, even if --prune
 104        is used (though tags may be pruned anyway if they are also the
 105        destination of an explicit refspec; see `--prune`).
 106
 107--recurse-submodules[=yes|on-demand|no]::
 108        This option controls if and under what conditions new commits of
 109        populated submodules should be fetched too. It can be used as a
 110        boolean option to completely disable recursion when set to 'no' or to
 111        unconditionally recurse into all populated submodules when set to
 112        'yes', which is the default when this option is used without any
 113        value. Use 'on-demand' to only recurse into a populated submodule
 114        when the superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
 115        reference to a commit that isn't already in the local submodule
 116        clone.
 117
 118-j::
 119--jobs=<n>::
 120        Number of parallel children to be used for fetching submodules.
 121        Each will fetch from different submodules, such that fetching many
 122        submodules will be faster. By default submodules will be fetched
 123        one at a time.
 124
 125--no-recurse-submodules::
 126        Disable recursive fetching of submodules (this has the same effect as
 127        using the `--recurse-submodules=no` option).
 128
 129--submodule-prefix=<path>::
 130        Prepend <path> to paths printed in informative messages
 131        such as "Fetching submodule foo".  This option is used
 132        internally when recursing over submodules.
 133
 134--recurse-submodules-default=[yes|on-demand]::
 135        This option is used internally to temporarily provide a
 136        non-negative default value for the --recurse-submodules
 137        option.  All other methods of configuring fetch's submodule
 138        recursion (such as settings in linkgit:gitmodules[5] and
 139        linkgit:git-config[1]) override this option, as does
 140        specifying --[no-]recurse-submodules directly.
 141endif::git-pull[]
 142
 143-u::
 144--update-head-ok::
 145        By default 'git fetch' refuses to update the head which
 146        corresponds to the current branch.  This flag disables the
 147        check.  This is purely for the internal use for 'git pull'
 148        to communicate with 'git fetch', and unless you are
 149        implementing your own Porcelain you are not supposed to
 150        use it.
 151
 152--upload-pack <upload-pack>::
 153        When given, and the repository to fetch from is handled
 154        by 'git fetch-pack', `--exec=<upload-pack>` is passed to
 155        the command to specify non-default path for the command
 156        run on the other end.
 157
 158ifndef::git-pull[]
 159-q::
 160--quiet::
 161        Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally
 162        used git commands. Progress is not reported to the standard error
 163        stream.
 164
 165-v::
 166--verbose::
 167        Be verbose.
 168endif::git-pull[]
 169
 170--progress::
 171        Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
 172        by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q
 173        is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the
 174        standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.
 175
 176-4::
 177--ipv4::
 178        Use IPv4 addresses only, ignoring IPv6 addresses.
 179
 180-6::
 181--ipv6::
 182        Use IPv6 addresses only, ignoring IPv4 addresses.