git-fetch-pack(1)
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-v0.1, July 2005
NAME
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-git-fetch-pack - Receive missing objects from another repository.
+git-fetch-pack - Receive missing objects from another repository
SYNOPSIS
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-git-fetch-pack [-q] [--exec=<git-upload-pack>] [<host>:]<directory> [<refs>...]
+'git-fetch-pack' [-q] [-k] [--exec=<git-upload-pack>] [<host>:]<directory> [<refs>...]
DESCRIPTION
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+Usually you would want to use gitlink:git-fetch[1] which is a
+higher level wrapper of this command instead.
+
Invokes 'git-upload-pack' on a potentially remote repository,
and asks it to send objects missing from this repository, to
update the named heads. The list of commits available locally
Pass '-q' flag to 'git-unpack-objects'; this makes the
cloning process less verbose.
+-k::
+ Do not invoke 'git-unpack-objects' on received data, but
+ create a single packfile out of it instead, and store it
+ in the object database. If provided twice then the pack is
+ locked against repacking.
+
--exec=<git-upload-pack>::
Use this to specify the path to 'git-upload-pack' on the
remote side, if is not found on your $PATH.
Installations of sshd ignores the user's environment
setup scripts for login shells (e.g. .bash_profile) and
- your privately installed GIT may not be found on the system
+ your privately installed git may not be found on the system
default $PATH. Another workaround suggested is to set
up your $PATH in ".bashrc", but this flag is for people
who do not want to pay the overhead for non-interactive