Documentation / fetch-options.txton commit Update draft release notes to 1.9 (d7aced9)
   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 references that no
  45        longer exist on the remote.  Tags are not subject to pruning
  46        if they are fetched only because of the default tag
  47        auto-following or due to a --tags option.  However, if tags
  48        are fetched due to an explicit refspec (either on the command
  49        line or in the remote configuration, for example if the remote
  50        was cloned with the --mirror option), then they are also
  51        subject to pruning.
  52endif::git-pull[]
  53
  54ifndef::git-pull[]
  55-n::
  56endif::git-pull[]
  57--no-tags::
  58        By default, tags that point at objects that are downloaded
  59        from the remote repository are fetched and stored locally.
  60        This option disables this automatic tag following. The default
  61        behavior for a remote may be specified with the remote.<name>.tagopt
  62        setting. See linkgit:git-config[1].
  63
  64ifndef::git-pull[]
  65-t::
  66--tags::
  67        Fetch all tags from the remote (i.e., fetch remote tags
  68        `refs/tags/*` into local tags with the same name), in addition
  69        to whatever else would otherwise be fetched.  Using this
  70        option alone does not subject tags to pruning, even if --prune
  71        is used (though tags may be pruned anyway if they are also the
  72        destination of an explicit refspec; see '--prune').
  73
  74--recurse-submodules[=yes|on-demand|no]::
  75        This option controls if and under what conditions new commits of
  76        populated submodules should be fetched too. It can be used as a
  77        boolean option to completely disable recursion when set to 'no' or to
  78        unconditionally recurse into all populated submodules when set to
  79        'yes', which is the default when this option is used without any
  80        value. Use 'on-demand' to only recurse into a populated submodule
  81        when the superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
  82        reference to a commit that isn't already in the local submodule
  83        clone.
  84
  85--no-recurse-submodules::
  86        Disable recursive fetching of submodules (this has the same effect as
  87        using the '--recurse-submodules=no' option).
  88
  89--submodule-prefix=<path>::
  90        Prepend <path> to paths printed in informative messages
  91        such as "Fetching submodule foo".  This option is used
  92        internally when recursing over submodules.
  93
  94--recurse-submodules-default=[yes|on-demand]::
  95        This option is used internally to temporarily provide a
  96        non-negative default value for the --recurse-submodules
  97        option.  All other methods of configuring fetch's submodule
  98        recursion (such as settings in linkgit:gitmodules[5] and
  99        linkgit:git-config[1]) override this option, as does
 100        specifying --[no-]recurse-submodules directly.
 101endif::git-pull[]
 102
 103-u::
 104--update-head-ok::
 105        By default 'git fetch' refuses to update the head which
 106        corresponds to the current branch.  This flag disables the
 107        check.  This is purely for the internal use for 'git pull'
 108        to communicate with 'git fetch', and unless you are
 109        implementing your own Porcelain you are not supposed to
 110        use it.
 111
 112--upload-pack <upload-pack>::
 113        When given, and the repository to fetch from is handled
 114        by 'git fetch-pack', '--exec=<upload-pack>' is passed to
 115        the command to specify non-default path for the command
 116        run on the other end.
 117
 118ifndef::git-pull[]
 119-q::
 120--quiet::
 121        Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally
 122        used git commands. Progress is not reported to the standard error
 123        stream.
 124
 125-v::
 126--verbose::
 127        Be verbose.
 128endif::git-pull[]
 129
 130--progress::
 131        Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
 132        by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q
 133        is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the
 134        standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.