Documentation / fetch-options.txton commit Add the --submodule option to the diff option family (752c0c2)
   1ifndef::git-pull[]
   2-q::
   3--quiet::
   4        Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally
   5        used git commands.
   6
   7-v::
   8--verbose::
   9        Be verbose.
  10endif::git-pull[]
  11
  12-a::
  13--append::
  14        Append ref names and object names of fetched refs to the
  15        existing contents of `.git/FETCH_HEAD`.  Without this
  16        option old data in `.git/FETCH_HEAD` will be overwritten.
  17
  18--upload-pack <upload-pack>::
  19        When given, and the repository to fetch from is handled
  20        by 'git-fetch-pack', '--exec=<upload-pack>' is passed to
  21        the command to specify non-default path for the command
  22        run on the other end.
  23
  24-f::
  25--force::
  26        When 'git-fetch' is used with `<rbranch>:<lbranch>`
  27        refspec, it refuses to update the local branch
  28        `<lbranch>` unless the remote branch `<rbranch>` it
  29        fetches is a descendant of `<lbranch>`.  This option
  30        overrides that check.
  31
  32ifdef::git-pull[]
  33--no-tags::
  34endif::git-pull[]
  35ifndef::git-pull[]
  36-n::
  37--no-tags::
  38endif::git-pull[]
  39        By default, tags that point at objects that are downloaded
  40        from the remote repository are fetched and stored locally.
  41        This option disables this automatic tag following.
  42
  43-t::
  44--tags::
  45        Most of the tags are fetched automatically as branch
  46        heads are downloaded, but tags that do not point at
  47        objects reachable from the branch heads that are being
  48        tracked will not be fetched by this mechanism.  This
  49        flag lets all tags and their associated objects be
  50        downloaded.
  51
  52-k::
  53--keep::
  54        Keep downloaded pack.
  55
  56-u::
  57--update-head-ok::
  58        By default 'git-fetch' refuses to update the head which
  59        corresponds to the current branch.  This flag disables the
  60        check.  This is purely for the internal use for 'git-pull'
  61        to communicate with 'git-fetch', and unless you are
  62        implementing your own Porcelain you are not supposed to
  63        use it.
  64
  65--depth=<depth>::
  66        Deepen the history of a 'shallow' repository created by
  67        `git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see linkgit:git-clone[1])
  68        by the specified number of commits.