option old data in `.git/FETCH_HEAD` will be overwritten.
--depth=<depth>::
- Deepen or shorten the history of a 'shallow' repository created by
- `git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see linkgit:git-clone[1])
- to the specified number of commits from the tip of each remote
- branch history. Tags for the deepened commits are not fetched.
+ Limit fetching to the specified number of commits from the tip of
+ each remote branch history. If fetching to a 'shallow' repository
+ created by `git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see
+ linkgit:git-clone[1]), deepen or shorten the history to the specified
+ number of commits. Tags for the deepened commits are not fetched.
--unshallow::
If the source repository is complete, convert a shallow
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. The default
- behavior for a remote may be specified with the remote.<name>.tagopt
+ behavior for a remote may be specified with the remote.<name>.tagOpt
setting. See linkgit:git-config[1].
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+--refmap=<refspec>::
+ When fetching refs listed on the command line, use the
+ specified refspec (can be given more than once) to map the
+ refs to remote-tracking branches, instead of the values of
+ `remote.*.fetch` configuration variables for the remote
+ repository. See section on "Configured Remote-tracking
+ Branches" for details.
+
-t::
--tags::
Fetch all tags from the remote (i.e., fetch remote tags
'git clone' [--template=<template_directory>]
[-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror]
[-o <name>] [-b <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
- [--separate-git-dir <git dir>]
+ [--dissociate] [--separate-git-dir <git dir>]
[--depth <depth>] [--[no-]single-branch]
[--recursive | --recurse-submodules] [--] <repository>
[<directory>]
require fewer objects to be copied from the repository
being cloned, reducing network and local storage costs.
+
-*NOTE*: see the NOTE for the `--shared` option.
+*NOTE*: see the NOTE for the `--shared` option, and also the
+`--dissociate` option.
+
+--dissociate::
+ Borrow the objects from reference repositories specified
+ with the `--reference` options only to reduce network
+ transfer, and stop borrowing from them after a clone is made
+ by making necessary local copies of borrowed objects. This
+ option can also be used when cloning locally from a
+ repository that already borrows objects from another
+ repository--the new repository will borrow objects from the
+ same repository, and this option can be used to stop the
+ borrowing.
--quiet::
-q::
--depth <depth>::
Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the
- specified number of revisions.
+ specified number of commits. Implies `--single-branch` unless
+ `--no-single-branch` is given to fetch the histories near the
+ tips of all branches.
--[no-]single-branch::
Clone only the history leading to the tip of a single branch,
either specified by the `--branch` option or the primary
- branch remote's `HEAD` points at. When creating a shallow
- clone with the `--depth` option, this is the default, unless
- `--no-single-branch` is given to fetch the histories near the
- tips of all branches.
+ branch remote's `HEAD` points at.
Further fetches into the resulting repository will only update the
remote-tracking branch for the branch this option was used for the
initial cloning. If the HEAD at the remote did not point at any