From 60fadf8bd2abe6bede48bcf42377f6c8b7c1d0bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2021 18:38:11 +0200 Subject: fetch: document the --negotiate-only option MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit There was no documentation for the --negotiate-only option added in 9c1e657a8fd (fetch: teach independent negotiation (no packfile), 2021-05-04), only documentation for the related push.negotiation option added in the following commit in 477673d6f39 (send-pack: support push negotiation, 2021-05-04). Let's document it, and update the cross-linking I'd added between --negotiation-tip=* and 'fetch.negotiationAlgorithm' in 526608284a7 (fetch doc: cross-link two new negotiation options, 2018-08-01). I think it would be better to say "in common with the remote" here than "...the server", but the documentation for --negotiation-tip=* above this talks about "the server", so let's continue doing that in this related option. See 3390e42adb3 (fetch-pack: support negotiation tip whitelist, 2018-07-02) for that documentation. Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/fetch-options.txt | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/fetch-options.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index 9e7b4e189c..e967ff1874 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -62,8 +62,17 @@ The argument to this option may be a glob on ref names, a ref, or the (possibly abbreviated) SHA-1 of a commit. Specifying a glob is equivalent to specifying this option multiple times, one for each matching ref name. + -See also the `fetch.negotiationAlgorithm` configuration variable -documented in linkgit:git-config[1]. +See also the `fetch.negotiationAlgorithm` and `push.negotiate` +configuration variables documented in linkgit:git-config[1], and the +`--negotiate-only` option below. + +--negotiate-only:: + Do not fetch anything from the server, and instead print the + ancestors of the provided `--negotiation-tip=*` arguments, + which we have in common with the server. ++ +Internally this is used to implement the `push.negotiate` option, see +linkgit:git-config[1]. --dry-run:: Show what would be done, without making any changes. -- cgit v1.3-5-g45d5