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| author | Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> | 2026-02-16 14:23:11 +0100 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2026-02-17 11:46:40 -0800 |
| commit | 190438b62fa5624077c2ee48065f47e1a56d01a7 (patch) | |
| tree | 65fdb330f9190ce97036bd22859205111fa1a879 /Documentation | |
| parent | f7565410e1f803873c097258109ff0258ad913fc (diff) | |
| download | git-190438b62fa5624077c2ee48065f47e1a56d01a7.tar.xz | |
doc: fetch: document `--filter=<filter-spec>` option
The `--filter=<filter-spec>` option is documented in most commands that
support it except `git fetch`.
Let's fix that and document this option. To ensure consistency across
commands, let's reuse the exact description currently found in
`git clone`.
Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/fetch-options.adoc | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.adoc b/Documentation/fetch-options.adoc index fcba46ee9e..1ef9807d00 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.adoc +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.adoc @@ -88,6 +88,16 @@ linkgit:git-config[1]. This is incompatible with `--recurse-submodules=(yes|on-demand)` and takes precedence over the `fetch.output` config option. +`--filter=<filter-spec>`:: + Use the partial clone feature and request that the server sends + a subset of reachable objects according to a given object filter. + When using `--filter`, the supplied _<filter-spec>_ is used for + the partial fetch. For example, `--filter=blob:none` will filter + out all blobs (file contents) until needed by Git. Also, + `--filter=blob:limit=<size>` will filter out all blobs of size + at least _<size>_. For more details on filter specifications, see + the `--filter` option in linkgit:git-rev-list[1]. + ifndef::git-pull[] `--write-fetch-head`:: `--no-write-fetch-head`:: |