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authorTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>2007-02-18 23:00:00 -0500
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2007-02-19 18:34:33 -0800
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Teach git-remote to update existing remotes by fetching from them
This allows users to use the command "git remote update" to update all remotes that are being tracked in the repository. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git-remote' add <name> <url>
'git-remote' show <name>
'git-remote' prune <name>
+'git-remote' update
DESCRIPTION
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@@ -40,7 +41,14 @@ Gives some information about the remote <name>.
Deletes all stale tracking branches under <name>.
These stale branches have already been removed from the remote repository
-referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in "remotes/<name>".
+referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in
+"remotes/<name>".
+
+'update'::
+
+Fetch updates for the remotes in the repository. By default all remotes
+are updated, but this can be configured via the configuration parameter
+'remote.fetch'. (See gitlink:git-config[1]).
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