NAME
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-git-fetch - Download objects and a head from another repository.
+git-fetch - Download objects and refs from another repository
SYNOPSIS
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-'git-fetch' <repository> <refspec>...
+'git-fetch' <options> <repository> <refspec>...
DESCRIPTION
the objects necessary to complete them.
The ref names and their object names of fetched refs are stored
-in $GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD. This information is left for a later merge
-operation done by "git resolve" or "git octopus".
+in `.git/FETCH_HEAD`. This information is left for a later merge
+operation done by "git merge".
+
+When <refspec> stores the fetched result in tracking branches,
+the tags that point at these branches are automatically
+followed. This is done by first fetching from the remote using
+the given <refspec>s, and if the repository has objects that are
+pointed by remote tags that it does not yet have, then fetch
+those missing tags. If the other end has tags that point at
+branches you are not interested in, you will not get them.
OPTIONS
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-include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
+include::fetch-options.txt[]
--a, \--append::
- Append ref names and object names of fetched refs to the
- existing contents of $GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD. Without this
- option old data in $GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD will be overwritten.
-
--u, \--update-head-ok::
- By default 'git-fetch' refuses to update the head which
- corresponds to the current branch. This flag disables the
- check. Note that fetching into the current branch will not
- update the index and working directory, so use it with care.
+include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
+include::urls.txt[]
SEE ALSO
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