1git-fetch-pack(1) 2================= 3v0.1, July 2005 4 5NAME 6---- 7git-fetch-pack - Receive missing objects from another repository. 8 9 10SYNOPSIS 11-------- 12git-fetch-pack [-q] [--exec=<git-upload-pack>] [<host>:]<directory> [<head>...] < <commit-list> 13 14DESCRIPTION 15----------- 16Invokes 'git-upload-pack' on a potentially remote repository, 17and asks it to send objects missing from this repository, to 18update the named heads. The list of commits available locally 19is fed from the standard input, to be sent to 'git-upload-pack' 20running on the other end. 21 22This command can be used only when the local side has a common 23(ancestor) commit with the remote head that is being pulled 24from. Use 'git-clone-pack' for that. 25 26 27OPTIONS 28------- 29-q:: 30 Pass '-q' flag to 'git-unpack-objects'; this makes the 31 cloning process less verbose. 32 33--exec=<git-upload-pack>:: 34 Use this to specify the path to 'git-upload-pack' on the 35 remote side, if is not found on your $PATH. 36 Installations of sshd ignores the user's environment 37 setup scripts for login shells (e.g. .bash_profile) and 38 your privately installed GIT may not be found on the system 39 default $PATH. Another workaround suggested is to set 40 up your $PATH in ".bashrc", but this flag is for people 41 who do not want to pay the overhead for non-interactive 42 shells by having a lean .bashrc file (they set most of 43 the things up in .bash_profile). 44 45<host>:: 46 A remote host that houses the repository. When this 47 part is specified, 'git-upload-pack' is invoked via 48 ssh. 49 50<directory>:: 51 The repository to sync from. 52 53<head>...:: 54 The remote heads to update from. This is relative to 55 $GIT_DIR (e.g. "HEAD", "refs/heads/master"). When 56 unspecified, update from all heads the remote side has. 57 58 However the program refuses to work if more than one 59 remote head matches the specified heads. I am not sure 60 what this means... Help!!!!! 61 62 63Author 64------ 65Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> 66 67Documentation 68-------------- 69Documentation by Junio C Hamano. 70 71GIT 72--- 73Part of the link:git.html[git] suite