+       case "$1" in
+       -a|--a|--ap|--app|--appe|--appen|--append)
+               append=t
+               shift ;;
+       esac
+esac
+remote_nick="$1"
+remote=$(get_remote_url "$@")
+refs=
+rref=
+rsync_slurped_objects=
+
+if test "" = "$append"
+then
+       : >$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD
+fi
+
+append_fetch_head () {
+    head_="$1"
+    remote_="$2"
+    remote_name_="$3"
+    remote_nick_="$4"
+    local_name_="$5"
+
+    # 2.6.11-tree tag would not be happy to be fed to resolve.
+    if git-cat-file commit "$head_" >/dev/null 2>&1
+    then
+       head_=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$head_^0") || exit
+       note_="$head_   $remote_name_ from $remote_nick_"
+       echo "$note_" >>$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD
+       echo >&2 "* committish: $note_"
+    else
+       echo >&2 "* non-commit: $note_"
+    fi
+    if test "$local_name_" != ""
+    then
+       # We are storing the head locally.  Make sure that it is
+       # a fast forward (aka "reverse push").
+       fast_forward_local "$local_name_" "$head_" "$remote_" "$remote_name_"
+    fi
+}
+
+fast_forward_local () {
+    case "$1" in
+    refs/tags/*)
+       # Tags need not be pointing at commits so there
+       # is no way to guarantee "fast-forward" anyway.
+       echo "$2" >"$GIT_DIR/$1" ;;
+    refs/heads/*)
+       # NEEDSWORK: use the same cmpxchg protocol here.
+       echo "$2" >"$GIT_DIR/$1.lock"
+       if test -f "$GIT_DIR/$1"