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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-fetch.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt | 18 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt index 629a1cfe00..8deb61469d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt @@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ include::pull-fetch-param.txt[] include::urls-remotes.txt[] -CONFIGURED REMOTE-TRACKING BRANCHES ------------------------------------ +CONFIGURED REMOTE-TRACKING BRANCHES[[CRTB]] +------------------------------------------- You often interact with the same remote repository by regularly and repeatedly fetching from it. In order to keep track diff --git a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt index 4bff65b0e9..1ebbf1d738 100644 --- a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt +++ b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt @@ -12,10 +12,20 @@ ifndef::git-pull[] endif::git-pull[] <refspec>:: - The format of a <refspec> parameter is an optional plus - `+`, followed by the source ref <src>, followed - by a colon `:`, followed by the destination ref <dst>. - The colon can be omitted when <dst> is empty. + Specifies which refs to fetch and which local refs to update. + When no <refspec>s appear on the command line, the refs to fetch + are read from `remote.<repository>.fetch` variables instead +ifndef::git-pull[] + (see <<CRTB,CONFIGURED REMOTE-TRACKING BRANCHES>> below). +endif::git-pull[] +ifdef::git-pull[] + (see linkgit:git-fetch[1]). +endif::git-pull[] ++ +The format of a <refspec> parameter is an optional plus +`+`, followed by the source ref <src>, followed +by a colon `:`, followed by the destination ref <dst>. +The colon can be omitted when <dst> is empty. + `tag <tag>` means the same as `refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>`; it requests fetching everything up to the given tag. |