1git-fetch-script(1) 2=================== 3v0.99.4, Aug 2005 4 5NAME 6---- 7git-fetch-script - Download objects and a head from another repository. 8 9 10SYNOPSIS 11-------- 12'git-fetch-script' <repository> [ <head> | tag <tag> ] 13 14 15DESCRIPTION 16----------- 17Fetches a named head or a tag from another repository, along 18with the objects necessary to complete that head or tag. The 19head to pull defaults to HEAD if unspecified. The head or tag 20fetched from the remote repository is stored in 21$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD. 22 23When a <tag> is specified, the <tag> fetched from the remote is 24also copied to the local $GIT_DIR/tags/<tag> file. When no 25<head> nor <tag> is specified, and <repository> was specified 26with the short-hand notation (i.e. naming a file under the 27$GIT_DIR/branches directory), the head fetched from the remote 28repository is also copied to the local $GIT_DIR/heads/<repository> 29file. 30 31 32OPTIONS 33------- 34include::pull-fetch-param.txt[] 35 36 37Author 38------ 39Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and 40Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> 41 42Documentation 43-------------- 44Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. 45 46GIT 47--- 48Part of the link:git.html[git] suite