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