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The "git pull" documentation has examples which follow an outdated style. Update the examples to use "git merge" where appropriate and move the examples to the corresponding manpages. Furthermore, - show that pull is equivalent to fetch and merge, which is still a frequently asked question, - explain the default fetch refspec. Signed-off-by: Clemens Buchacher <drizzd@aon.at> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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git-fetch(1)
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NAME
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----
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git-fetch - Download objects and refs from another repository
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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'git fetch' <options> <repository> <refspec>...
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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Fetches named heads or tags from another repository, along with
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the objects necessary to complete them.
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The ref names and their object names of fetched refs are stored
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in `.git/FETCH_HEAD`. This information is left for a later merge
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operation done by 'git-merge'.
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When <refspec> stores the fetched result in tracking branches,
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the tags that point at these branches are automatically
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followed. This is done by first fetching from the remote using
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the given <refspec>s, and if the repository has objects that are
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pointed by remote tags that it does not yet have, then fetch
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those missing tags. If the other end has tags that point at
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branches you are not interested in, you will not get them.
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OPTIONS
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-------
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include::fetch-options.txt[]
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include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
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include::urls-remotes.txt[]
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EXAMPLES
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--------
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* Update the remote-tracking branches:
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+
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$ git fetch origin
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+
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The above command copies all branches from the remote refs/heads/
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namespace and stores them to the local refs/remotes/origin/ namespace,
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unless the branch.<name>.fetch option is used to specify a non-default
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refspec.
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* Using refspecs explicitly:
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+
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$ git fetch origin +pu:pu maint:tmp
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------------------------------------------------
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+
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This updates (or creates, as necessary) branches `pu` and `tmp` in
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the local repository by fetching from the branches (respectively)
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`pu` and `maint` from the remote repository.
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+
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The `pu` branch will be updated even if it is does not fast-forward,
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because it is prefixed with a plus sign; `tmp` will not be.
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SEE ALSO
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--------
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linkgit:git-pull[1]
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Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Documentation
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Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
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GIT
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---
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
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