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[PATCH 7/8] Update git-local-fetch documentation

From
Andrew Ruder <andy@aeruder.net>
Date
Apr 27, 2007, 05:09 UTC
Message-ID
<20070427050958.GF9798@bowser.ruder>
In-Reply-To
<20070427050550.GA9594@bowser.ruder>

Documentation/git-local-fetch.txt: -s to use symbolic links instead of file-to-file copy, -l to use hardlinks, -n to never use file-to-file copies, --recover to resume a failed fetch.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Ruder <andy@aeruder.net>
---
 Documentation/git-local-fetch.txt |   14 ++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-local-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-local-fetch.txt
index 22048d8..dd9e238 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-local-fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-local-fetch.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ OPTIONS
 	Get all the objects.
 -v::
 	Report what is downloaded.
+-s::
+	Instead of regular file-to-file copying use symbolic links to the objects
+	in the remote repository.
+-l::
+	Before attempting symlinks (if -s is specified) or file-to-file copying the
+	remote objects, try to hardlink the remote objects into the local
+	repository.
+-n::
+	Never attempt to file-to-file copy remote objects.  Only useful with
+	-s or -l command-line options.
 
 -w <filename>::
         Writes the commit-id into the filename under $GIT_DIR/refs/<filename> on
@@ -35,6 +45,10 @@ OPTIONS
 
 		<commit-id>['\t'<filename-as-in--w>]
 
+--recover::
+	Verify that everything reachable from target is fetched.  Used after
+	an earlier fetch is interrupted.
+
 Author
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 Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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  1. 1/8 Removing -n option from git-diff-files documentationAndrew Ruder, Apr 27, 2007
  2. 2/8 Document additional options for git-fetchAndrew Ruder, Apr 27, 2007
  3. 3/8 Update git-fmt-merge documentationAndrew Ruder, Apr 27, 2007
  4. 4/8 Update git-grep documentationAndrew Ruder, Apr 27, 2007
  5. 5/8 Update -L documentation for git-blame/git-annotateAndrew Ruder, Apr 27, 2007
  6. 6/8 Update git-http-push documentationAndrew Ruder, Apr 27, 2007
  7. 7/8 Update git-local-fetch documentationAndrew Ruder, Apr 27, 2007
  8. 8/8 Update git-http-fetch documentationAndrew Ruder, Apr 27, 2007
  9. Petr BaudisApr 27, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2007

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