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| .\" Date: 01/29/2019 |
| .\" Manual: Git Manual |
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| .TH "GIT\-HTTP\-FETCH" "1" "01/29/2019" "Git 2\&.20\&.1\&.390\&.gb5101f" "Git Manual" |
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| .SH "NAME" |
| git-http-fetch \- Download from a remote Git repository via HTTP |
| .SH "SYNOPSIS" |
| .sp |
| .nf |
| \fIgit http\-fetch\fR [\-c] [\-t] [\-a] [\-d] [\-v] [\-w filename] [\-\-recover] [\-\-stdin] <commit> <url> |
| .fi |
| .sp |
| .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
| .sp |
| Downloads a remote Git repository via HTTP\&. |
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| This command always gets all objects\&. Historically, there were three options \fB\-a\fR, \fB\-c\fR and \fB\-t\fR for choosing which objects to download\&. They are now silently ignored\&. |
| .SH "OPTIONS" |
| .PP |
| commit\-id |
| .RS 4 |
| Either the hash or the filename under [URL]/refs/ to pull\&. |
| .RE |
| .PP |
| \-a, \-c, \-t |
| .RS 4 |
| These options are ignored for historical reasons\&. |
| .RE |
| .PP |
| \-v |
| .RS 4 |
| Report what is downloaded\&. |
| .RE |
| .PP |
| \-w <filename> |
| .RS 4 |
| Writes the commit\-id into the filename under $GIT_DIR/refs/<filename> on the local end after the transfer is complete\&. |
| .RE |
| .PP |
| \-\-stdin |
| .RS 4 |
| Instead of a commit id on the command line (which is not expected in this case), |
| \fIgit http\-fetch\fR |
| expects lines on stdin in the format |
| .sp |
| .if n \{\ |
| .RS 4 |
| .\} |
| .nf |
| <commit\-id>[\(aq\et\(aq<filename\-as\-in\-\-w>] |
| .fi |
| .if n \{\ |
| .RE |
| .\} |
| .RE |
| .PP |
| \-\-recover |
| .RS 4 |
| Verify that everything reachable from target is fetched\&. Used after an earlier fetch is interrupted\&. |
| .RE |
| .SH "GIT" |
| .sp |
| Part of the \fBgit\fR(1) suite |
