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git-fetch(1)
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NAME
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git-fetch - Download objects and a head from another repository
SYNOPSIS
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'git-fetch' <options> <repository> <refspec>...
DESCRIPTION
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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 merge".
OPTIONS
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include::fetch-options.txt[]
include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
include::urls.txt[]
SEE ALSO
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gitlink:git-pull[1]
Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Documentation
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Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
GIT
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite