# [PATCH] git-remote: document -n

1 messages from 2007-03-18 to 2007-03-18. Participants: Sam Vilain.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/7293

## Sam Vilain, 2007-03-18 10:01

Subject: [PATCH] git-remote: document -n
Message-ID: <20070318100249.B2C9C13A382@magnus.utsl.gen.nz>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20070318100249.B2C9C13A382%40magnus.utsl.gen.nz

```
The 'show' and 'prune' commands accept an option '-n'; document what
it does.

Signed-off-by: Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
---
 Documentation/git-remote.txt |    7 +++++++
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index a9fb6a9..de2658c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ branch the `HEAD` at the remote repository actually points at.
 'show'::
 
 Gives some information about the remote <name>.
++
+With `-n` option, the remote heads are not queried first with
+`git ls-remote <name>`; cached information is used instead.
 
 'prune'::
 
@@ -56,6 +59,10 @@ Deletes all stale tracking branches under <name>.
 These stale branches have already been removed from the remote repository
 referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in
 "remotes/<name>".
++
+With `-n` option, the remote heads are not confirmed first with `git
+ls-remote <name>`; cached information is used instead.  Use with
+caution.
 
 'update'::
 
-- 
1.5.0.2.gdcde2

```