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   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        Deepen the history of a 'shallow' repository created by
  12        `git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see linkgit:git-clone[1])
  13        by the specified number of commits.
  14
  15ifndef::git-pull[]
  16--dry-run::
  17        Show what would be done, without making any changes.
  18endif::git-pull[]
  19
  20-f::
  21--force::
  22        When 'git fetch' is used with `<rbranch>:<lbranch>`
  23        refspec, it refuses to update the local branch
  24        `<lbranch>` unless the remote branch `<rbranch>` it
  25        fetches is a descendant of `<lbranch>`.  This option
  26        overrides that check.
  27
  28-k::
  29--keep::
  30        Keep downloaded pack.
  31
  32ifndef::git-pull[]
  33--multiple::
  34        Allow several <repository> and <group> arguments to be
  35        specified. No <refspec>s may be specified.
  36
  37-p::
  38--prune::
  39        After fetching, remove any remote-tracking branches which
  40        no longer exist on the remote.
  41endif::git-pull[]
  42
  43ifdef::git-pull[]
  44--no-tags::
  45endif::git-pull[]
  46ifndef::git-pull[]
  47-n::
  48--no-tags::
  49endif::git-pull[]
  50        By default, tags that point at objects that are downloaded
  51        from the remote repository are fetched and stored locally.
  52        This option disables this automatic tag following. The default
  53        behavior for a remote may be specified with the remote.<name>.tagopt
  54        setting. See linkgit:git-config[1].
  55
  56ifndef::git-pull[]
  57-t::
  58--tags::
  59        Most of the tags are fetched automatically as branch
  60        heads are downloaded, but tags that do not point at
  61        objects reachable from the branch heads that are being
  62        tracked will not be fetched by this mechanism.  This
  63        flag lets all tags and their associated objects be
  64        downloaded. The default behavior for a remote may be
  65        specified with the remote.<name>.tagopt setting. See
  66        linkgit:git-config[1].
  67endif::git-pull[]
  68
  69--[no-]recurse-submodules::
  70        This option controls if new commits of all populated submodules should
  71        be fetched too (see linkgit:git-config[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5]).
  72
  73ifndef::git-pull[]
  74--submodule-prefix=<path>::
  75        Prepend <path> to paths printed in informative messages
  76        such as "Fetching submodule foo".  This option is used
  77        internally when recursing over submodules.
  78endif::git-pull[]
  79
  80-u::
  81--update-head-ok::
  82        By default 'git fetch' refuses to update the head which
  83        corresponds to the current branch.  This flag disables the
  84        check.  This is purely for the internal use for 'git pull'
  85        to communicate with 'git fetch', and unless you are
  86        implementing your own Porcelain you are not supposed to
  87        use it.
  88
  89--upload-pack <upload-pack>::
  90        When given, and the repository to fetch from is handled
  91        by 'git fetch-pack', '--exec=<upload-pack>' is passed to
  92        the command to specify non-default path for the command
  93        run on the other end.
  94
  95ifndef::git-pull[]
  96-q::
  97--quiet::
  98        Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally
  99        used git commands. Progress is not reported to the standard error
 100        stream.
 101
 102-v::
 103--verbose::
 104        Be verbose.
 105endif::git-pull[]
 106
 107--progress::
 108        Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
 109        by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q
 110        is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the
 111        standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.