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git-fetch(1)
============

NAME
----
git-fetch - Download objects and a head from another repository.


SYNOPSIS
--------
'git-fetch' <options> <repository> <refspec>...


DESCRIPTION
-----------
Fetches named heads or tags from another repository, along with
the objects necessary to complete them.

The ref names and their object names of fetched refs are stored
in `.git/FETCH_HEAD`.  This information is left for a later merge
operation done by "git resolve" or "git octopus".


OPTIONS
-------
include::fetch-options.txt[]

include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]



SEE ALSO
--------
gitlink:git-pull[1]


Author
------
Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

Documentation
-------------
Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.

GIT
---
Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite