6 git-fetch - Download objects and a head from another repository.
11 'git-fetch' <repository> <refspec>...
16 Fetches named heads or tags from another repository, along with
17 the objects necessary to complete them.
19 The ref names and their object names of fetched refs are stored
20 in $GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD. This information is left for a later merge
21 operation done by "git resolve" or "git octopus".
26 include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
28 -u, \--update-head-ok::
29 By default 'git-fetch' refuses to update the head which
30 corresponds to the current branch. This flag disables the
31 check. Note that fetching into the current branch will not
32 update the index and working directory, so use it with care.
37 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
38 Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
42 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
46 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite