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.TH "GIT\-HTTP\-FETCH" "1" "09/19/2007" "Git 1.5.3.2" "Git Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
git\-http\-fetch \- Download from a remote git repository via HTTP
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fIgit\-http\-fetch\fR [\-c] [\-t] [\-a] [\-d] [\-v] [\-w filename] [\-\-recover] [\-\-stdin] <commit> <url>
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
Downloads a remote git repository via HTTP.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP
commit\-id
Either the hash or the filename under [URL]/refs/ to pull.
.TP
\-c
Get the commit objects.
.TP
\-t
Get trees associated with the commit objects.
.TP
\-a
Get all the objects.
.TP
\-v
Report what is downloaded.
.TP
\-w <filename>
Writes the commit\-id into the filename under $GIT_DIR/refs/<filename> on the local end after the transfer is complete.
.TP
\-\-stdin
Instead of a commit id on the command line (which is not expected in this case), \fIgit\-http\-fetch\fR expects lines on stdin in the format
.sp
.nf
<commit\-id>['\\t'<filename\-as\-in\-\-w>]
.fi
.TP
\-\-recover
Verify that everything reachable from target is fetched. Used after an earlier fetch is interrupted.
.SH "AUTHOR"
Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
.SH "DOCUMENTATION"
Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git\-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
.SH "GIT"
Part of the \fBgit\fR(7) suite