Allow several <repository> and <group> arguments to be
specified. No <refspec>s may be specified.
+-p::
--prune::
- After fetching, remove any remote tracking branches which
+ After fetching, remove any remote-tracking branches which
no longer exist on the remote.
endif::git-pull[]
endif::git-pull[]
By default, tags that point at objects that are downloaded
from the remote repository are fetched and stored locally.
- This option disables this automatic tag following.
+ This option disables this automatic tag following. The default
+ behavior for a remote may be specified with the remote.<name>.tagopt
+ setting. See linkgit:git-config[1].
+ifndef::git-pull[]
-t::
--tags::
Most of the tags are fetched automatically as branch
objects reachable from the branch heads that are being
tracked will not be fetched by this mechanism. This
flag lets all tags and their associated objects be
- downloaded.
+ downloaded. The default behavior for a remote may be
+ specified with the remote.<name>.tagopt setting. See
+ linkgit:git-config[1].
+
+--recurse-submodules[=yes|on-demand|no]::
+ This option controls if and under what conditions new commits of
+ populated submodules should be fetched too. It can be used as a
+ boolean option to completely disable recursion when set to 'no' or to
+ unconditionally recurse into all populated submodules when set to
+ 'yes', which is the default when this option is used without any
+ value. Use 'on-demand' to only recurse into a populated submodule
+ when the superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
+ reference to a commit that isn't already in the local submodule
+ clone.
+
+--no-recurse-submodules::
+ Disable recursive fetching of submodules (this has the same effect as
+ using the '--recurse-submodules=no' option).
+
+--submodule-prefix=<path>::
+ Prepend <path> to paths printed in informative messages
+ such as "Fetching submodule foo". This option is used
+ internally when recursing over submodules.
+
+--recurse-submodules-default=[yes|on-demand]::
+ This option is used internally to temporarily provide a
+ non-negative default value for the --recurse-submodules
+ option. All other methods of configuring fetch's submodule
+ recursion (such as settings in linkgit:gitmodules[5] and
+ linkgit:git-config[1]) override this option, as does
+ specifying --[no-]recurse-submodules directly.
+endif::git-pull[]
-u::
--update-head-ok::
-q::
--quiet::
Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally
- used git commands.
+ used git commands. Progress is not reported to the standard error
+ stream.
-v::
--verbose::
Be verbose.
endif::git-pull[]
+
+--progress::
+ Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
+ by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q
+ is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the
+ standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.