| git-fetch-pack(1) |
| ================= |
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| NAME |
| ---- |
| git-fetch-pack - Receive missing objects from another repository |
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| SYNOPSIS |
| -------- |
| 'git-fetch-pack' [-q] [-k] [--exec=<git-upload-pack>] [<host>:]<directory> [<refs>...] |
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| 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 found out by scanning local $GIT_DIR/refs/ and sent to |
| 'git-upload-pack' running on the other end. |
| |
| 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. |
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| OPTIONS |
| ------- |
| -q:: |
| 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. |
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| --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 |
| 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 |
| shells by having a lean .bashrc file (they set most of |
| the things up in .bash_profile). |
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| <host>:: |
| A remote host that houses the repository. When this |
| part is specified, 'git-upload-pack' is invoked via |
| ssh. |
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| <directory>:: |
| The repository to sync from. |
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| <refs>...:: |
| 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. |
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| Author |
| ------ |
| Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> |
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| Documentation |
| -------------- |
| Documentation by Junio C Hamano. |
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| GIT |
| --- |
| Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite |
