X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-fetch-pack.txt;h=b507e9b64863d2b9b4abc43ddb635b83ae67dcea;hb=72fdfb50f721460e4cdff16fbe9c72d4ce6c668c;hp=884a26bbf352868806ce7f4d2c61deec9a40a822;hpb=2b64f88f09ae2169ec85652b46897574e352936d;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt index 884a26bb..b507e9b6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@ git-fetch-pack(1) ================= -v0.1, July 2005 NAME ---- @@ -9,19 +8,19 @@ git-fetch-pack - Receive missing objects from another repository. SYNOPSIS -------- -git-fetch-pack [-q] [--exec=] [:] [...] < +git-fetch-pack [-q] [-k] [--exec=] [:] [...] DESCRIPTION ----------- 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 -is fed from the standard input, to be sent to 'git-upload-pack' -running on the other end. +is found out by scanning local $GIT_DIR/refs/ and sent to +'git-upload-pack' running on the other end. -This command can be used only when the local side has a common -(ancestor) commit with the remote head that is being pulled -from. Use 'git-clone-pack' for that. +This command degenerates to download everything to complete the +asked refs from the remote side when the local side does not +have a common ancestor commit. OPTIONS @@ -30,12 +29,17 @@ OPTIONS 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. + --exec=:: 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 @@ -50,15 +54,11 @@ OPTIONS :: The repository to sync from. -...:: +...:: The remote heads to update from. This is relative to $GIT_DIR (e.g. "HEAD", "refs/heads/master"). When unspecified, update from all heads the remote side has. - However the program refuses to work if more than one - remote head matches the specified heads. I am not sure - what this means... Help!!!!! - Author ------ @@ -70,4 +70,4 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano. GIT --- -Part of the link:git.html[git] suite +Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite