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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        to the specified number of commits from the tip of each remote
  14        branch history. Tags for the deepened commits are not fetched.
  15
  16ifndef::git-pull[]
  17--dry-run::
  18        Show what would be done, without making any changes.
  19endif::git-pull[]
  20
  21-f::
  22--force::
  23        When 'git fetch' is used with `<rbranch>:<lbranch>`
  24        refspec, it refuses to update the local branch
  25        `<lbranch>` unless the remote branch `<rbranch>` it
  26        fetches is a descendant of `<lbranch>`.  This option
  27        overrides that check.
  28
  29-k::
  30--keep::
  31        Keep downloaded pack.
  32
  33ifndef::git-pull[]
  34--multiple::
  35        Allow several <repository> and <group> arguments to be
  36        specified. No <refspec>s may be specified.
  37
  38-p::
  39--prune::
  40        After fetching, remove any remote-tracking branches which
  41        no longer exist on the remote.
  42endif::git-pull[]
  43
  44ifdef::git-pull[]
  45--no-tags::
  46endif::git-pull[]
  47ifndef::git-pull[]
  48-n::
  49--no-tags::
  50endif::git-pull[]
  51        By default, tags that point at objects that are downloaded
  52        from the remote repository are fetched and stored locally.
  53        This option disables this automatic tag following. The default
  54        behavior for a remote may be specified with the remote.<name>.tagopt
  55        setting. See linkgit:git-config[1].
  56
  57ifndef::git-pull[]
  58-t::
  59--tags::
  60        This is a short-hand for giving "refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*"
  61        refspec from the command line, to ask all tags to be fetched
  62        and stored locally.  Because this acts as an explicit
  63        refspec, the default refspecs (configured with the
  64        remote.$name.fetch variable) are overridden and not used.
  65
  66--recurse-submodules[=yes|on-demand|no]::
  67        This option controls if and under what conditions new commits of
  68        populated submodules should be fetched too. It can be used as a
  69        boolean option to completely disable recursion when set to 'no' or to
  70        unconditionally recurse into all populated submodules when set to
  71        'yes', which is the default when this option is used without any
  72        value. Use 'on-demand' to only recurse into a populated submodule
  73        when the superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
  74        reference to a commit that isn't already in the local submodule
  75        clone.
  76
  77--no-recurse-submodules::
  78        Disable recursive fetching of submodules (this has the same effect as
  79        using the '--recurse-submodules=no' option).
  80
  81--submodule-prefix=<path>::
  82        Prepend <path> to paths printed in informative messages
  83        such as "Fetching submodule foo".  This option is used
  84        internally when recursing over submodules.
  85
  86--recurse-submodules-default=[yes|on-demand]::
  87        This option is used internally to temporarily provide a
  88        non-negative default value for the --recurse-submodules
  89        option.  All other methods of configuring fetch's submodule
  90        recursion (such as settings in linkgit:gitmodules[5] and
  91        linkgit:git-config[1]) override this option, as does
  92        specifying --[no-]recurse-submodules directly.
  93endif::git-pull[]
  94
  95-u::
  96--update-head-ok::
  97        By default 'git fetch' refuses to update the head which
  98        corresponds to the current branch.  This flag disables the
  99        check.  This is purely for the internal use for 'git pull'
 100        to communicate with 'git fetch', and unless you are
 101        implementing your own Porcelain you are not supposed to
 102        use it.
 103
 104--upload-pack <upload-pack>::
 105        When given, and the repository to fetch from is handled
 106        by 'git fetch-pack', '--exec=<upload-pack>' is passed to
 107        the command to specify non-default path for the command
 108        run on the other end.
 109
 110ifndef::git-pull[]
 111-q::
 112--quiet::
 113        Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally
 114        used git commands. Progress is not reported to the standard error
 115        stream.
 116
 117-v::
 118--verbose::
 119        Be verbose.
 120endif::git-pull[]
 121
 122--progress::
 123        Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
 124        by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q
 125        is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the
 126        standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.