Re: [PATCH] git-remote: allow 'git-remote fetch' as a synonym for 'git fetch'
And here it is again, this time with documentation and based against maint.
From: Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
Subject: git-remote: allow 'git-remote fetch' as a synonym for 'git fetch'
I found myself typing this when doing remote-like things. Perhaps other people will find this useful
Signed-off-by: Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
---
Documentation/git-remote.txt | 4 ++++
git-remote.perl | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
Show changes to 2 files +8 −0
Documentation/git-remote.txt, git-remote.perl
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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1.5.0.2.gdcde2
Sam Vilain