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.TH "GIT\-LOCAL\-FETCH" "1" "09/19/2007" "Git 1.5.3.2" "Git Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
git\-local\-fetch \- Duplicate another git repository on a local system
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.nf
\fIgit\-local\-fetch\fR [\-c] [\-t] [\-a] [\-d] [\-v] [\-w filename] [\-\-recover] [\-l] [\-s] [\-n]
                  commit\-id path
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
THIS COMMAND IS DEPRECATED.

Duplicates another git repository on a local system.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP
\-c
Get the commit objects.
.TP
\-t
Get trees associated with the commit objects.
.TP
\-a
Get all the objects.
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\-v
Report what is downloaded.
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\-s
Instead of regular file\-to\-file copying use symbolic links to the objects in the remote repository.
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\-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.
.TP
\-n
Never attempt to file\-to\-file copy remote objects. Only useful with \-s or \-l command\-line options.
.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\-local\-fetch\fR expects lines on stdin in the format
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.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 Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
.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