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| author | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2005-07-16 00:17:42 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2005-07-16 09:23:06 -0700 |
| commit | 0c04094bc153ef1073524267b4eb49989c7b8ccb (patch) | |
| tree | 29413b70d9271859636ae3f00462ea3347c4916a /Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt | |
| parent | f170e4b39d87365cda17b80436ba6db4a2044e88 (diff) | |
| download | git-0c04094bc153ef1073524267b4eb49989c7b8ccb.tar.gz | |
[PATCH] Documentation: describe short-hand used in fetch/pull.
Describe short-hand for remote repository used in fetch/pull.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7ae4ba0bd8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +<repository>:: + The "remote" repository to pull from. One of the + following notations can be used to name the repository + to pull from: + + Rsync URL + rsync://remote.machine/path/to/repo.git/ + + HTTP(s) URL + http://remote.machine/path/to/repo.git/ + + GIT URL + git://remote.machine/path/to/repo.git/ + remote.machine:/path/to/repo.git/ + + Local directory + /path/to/repo.git/ + + In addition to that, as a short-hand, the name of a file + in $GIT_DIR/branches directory can be specified; the + named file should contain a single line, a URL in one of + the above formats, optionally followed by a hash '#' and + the name of remote head. + +<head>:: + The remote head name to fetch from. That is, make the + objects reachable from the commit recorded in + $GIT_DIR/refs/heads/<head> in the remote repository + available locally. + +tag <tag>:: + The remote head tag to fetch from. That is, make the + objects reachable from the commit recorded in + $GIT_DIR/refs/tags/<tag> in the remote repository + available locally. + |