git-http-fetch(1) Git Manual git-http-fetch(1)
NAME
git-http-fetch - Download from a remote Git repository via HTTP
SYNOPSIS
git http-fetch [-c] [-t] [-a] [-d] [-v] [-w <filename>] [--recover] [--stdin | --packfile=<hash> | <commit>] <URL>
DESCRIPTION
Downloads a remote Git repository via HTTP.
This command always gets all objects. Historically, there were three
options -a, -c and -t for choosing which objects to download. They are
now silently ignored.
OPTIONS
commit-id
Either the hash or the filename under [URL]/refs/ to pull.
-a, -c, -t
These options are ignored for historical reasons.
-v
Report what is downloaded.
-w <filename>
Writes the commit-id into the specified filename under
$GIT_DIR/refs/<filename> on the local end after the transfer is
complete.
--stdin
Instead of a commit id on the command line (which is not expected
in this case), git http-fetch expects lines on stdin in the format
<commit-id>['\t'<filename-as-in--w>]
--packfile=<hash>
For internal use only. Instead of a commit id on the command line
(which is not expected in this case), git http-fetch fetches the
packfile directly at the given URL and uses index-pack to generate
corresponding .idx and .keep files. The hash is used to determine
the name of the temporary file and is arbitrary. The output of
index-pack is printed to stdout. Requires --index-pack-args.
--index-pack-args=<args>
For internal use only. The command to run on the contents of the
downloaded pack. Arguments are URL-encoded separated by spaces.
--recover
Verify that everything reachable from target is fetched. Used after
an earlier fetch is interrupted.
GIT
Part of the git(1) suite
Git 2.43.0 2023-11-20 git-http-fetch(1)
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