Re: [PATCH] git-remote: allow 'git-remote fetch' as a synonym for 'git fetch'

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Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>

Date

Mar 18, 2007, 10:03 UTC

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<20070318101311.E296213A382@magnus.utsl.gen.nz>

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<20070318094910.7985613A382@magnus.utsl.gen.nz>

From: Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
Subject: git-remote: allow 'git-remote fetch' as a synonym for 'git fetch'

Signed-off-by: Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
---
 Documentation/git-remote.txt |    4 ++++
 git-remote.perl              |    4 ++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index de2658c..ab04b86 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ With `-n` option, the remote heads are not confirmed first with `git
 ls-remote <name>`; cached information is used instead.  Use with
 caution.
 
+'fetch'::
+
+Synonym for `git fetch <name>`, and accepts all the same options.
+
 'update'::
 
 Fetch updates for a named set of remotes in the repository as defined by
diff --git a/git-remote.perl b/git-remote.perl
index bd70bf1..20f9f54 100755
--- a/git-remote.perl
+++ b/git-remote.perl
@@ -389,11 +389,15 @@ elsif ($ARGV[0] eq 'add') {
 	}
 	add_remote($ARGV[1], $ARGV[2], \%opts);
 }
+elsif ($ARGV[0] eq 'fetch') {
+	exec("git-fetch", @ARGV[1..$#ARGV]);
+}
 else {
 	print STDERR "Usage: git remote\n";
 	print STDERR "       git remote add <name> <url>\n";
 	print STDERR "       git remote show <name>\n";
 	print STDERR "       git remote prune <name>\n";
 	print STDERR "       git remote update [group]\n";
+	print STDERR "       git remote fetch <fetch-options> <repository> <refspec>...\n";
 	exit(1);
 }

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