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diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..666b042679f4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +git-http-fetch(1) +================= + +NAME +---- +git-http-fetch - Download from a remote Git repository via HTTP + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'git http-fetch' [-c] [-t] [-a] [-d] [-v] [-w filename] [--recover] [--stdin] <commit> <url> + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Downloads a remote Git repository via HTTP. + +This command always gets all objects. Historically, there were three options +`-a`, `-c` and `-t` for choosing which objects to download. They are now +silently ignored. + +OPTIONS +------- +commit-id:: + Either the hash or the filename under [URL]/refs/ to + pull. + +-a, -c, -t:: + These options are ignored for historical reasons. +-v:: + Report what is downloaded. + +-w <filename>:: + Writes the commit-id into the filename under $GIT_DIR/refs/<filename> on + the local end after the transfer is complete. + +--stdin:: + Instead of a commit id on the command line (which is not expected in this + case), 'git http-fetch' expects lines on stdin in the format + + <commit-id>['\t'<filename-as-in--w>] + +--recover:: + Verify that everything reachable from target is fetched. Used after + an earlier fetch is interrupted. + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |