git-http-fetch(1)
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-v0.1, May 2005
NAME
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-git-http-fetch - Downloads a remote GIT repository via HTTP
+git-http-fetch - Download from a remote git repository via HTTP
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-http-fetch' [-c] [-t] [-a] [-d] [-v] [-w filename] [--recover] commit-id url
+'git-http-fetch' [-c] [-t] [-a] [-d] [-v] [-w filename] [--recover] [--stdin] <commit> <url>
DESCRIPTION
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-Downloads a remote GIT repository via HTTP.
+Downloads a remote git repository via HTTP.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+commit-id::
+ Either the hash or the filename under [URL]/refs/ to
+ pull.
-c::
Get the commit objects.
Writes the commit-id into the filename under $GIT_DIR/refs/<filename> on
the local end after the transfer is complete.
+--stdin::
+ Instead of a commit id on the commandline (which is not expected in this
+ case), 'git-http-fetch' expects lines on stdin in the format
+
+ <commit-id>['\t'<filename-as-in--w>]
+
Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
GIT
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-Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
+Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite