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Re: [PATCH] git-fetch-pack uses URLs like git-fetch

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 11, 2013, 17:44 UTC
Message-ID
<xmqqk3gen888.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To
<201311081854.06201.tboegi@web.de>
Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de> writes:
> "git fetch-pack" allows [<host>:]<directory> to point out the source
> repository.
> Use the term <repository>, which is already used in "git fetch" or "git pull"
> to describe URLs supported by Git.
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> ---
>  Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt | 15 +++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt
> index 444b805..93b5067 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt
> @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
>  'git fetch-pack' [--all] [--quiet|-q] [--keep|-k] [--thin] [--include-tag]
>  	[--upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>]
>  	[--depth=<n>] [--no-progress]
> -	[-v] [<host>:]<directory> [<refs>...]
> +	[-v] <repository> [<refs>...]
>  
>  DESCRIPTION
>  -----------
> @@ -97,19 +97,18 @@ be in a separate packet, and the list must end with a flush packet.
>  -v::
>  	Run verbosely.
>  
> -<host>::
> -	A remote host that houses the repository.  When this
> -	part is specified, 'git-upload-pack' is invoked via
> -	ssh.
> -
> -<directory>::
> -	The repository to sync from.
> +<repository>::
> +	The URL to the remote repository.
>  
>  <refs>...::
>  	The remote heads to update from. This is relative to
>  	$GIT_DIR (e.g. "HEAD", "refs/heads/master").  When
>  	unspecified, update from all heads the remote side has.
>  
> +SEE ALSO
> +--------
> +linkgit:git-fetch[1]
> +
>  GIT
>  ---
>  Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
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