NAME
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-git-http-fetch - Download from a remote git repository via HTTP
+git-http-fetch - Download from a remote Git repository via HTTP
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
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-Downloads a remote git repository via HTTP.
+Downloads a remote Git repository via HTTP.
-*NOTE*: use of this command without -a is deprecated. The -a
-behaviour will become the default in a future release.
+This command always gets all objects. Historically, there were three options
+`-a`, `-c` and `-t` for choosing which objects to download. They are now
+silently ignored.
OPTIONS
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Either the hash or the filename under [URL]/refs/ to
pull.
--c::
- Get the commit objects.
--t::
- Get trees associated with the commit objects.
--a::
- Get all the objects.
+-a, -c, -t::
+ These options are ignored for historical reasons.
-v::
Report what is downloaded.