git-http-fetch − Download from a remote Git repository via HTTP
git http−fetch [−c] [−t] [−a] [−d] [−v] [−w <filename>] [−−recover] [−−stdin | −−packfile=<hash> | <commit>] <URL>
Downloads a remote Git repository via HTTP.
This command always gets all objects. Historically, there were three options −a, −c and −t for choosing which objects to download. They are now silently ignored.
commit−id
Either the hash or the filename under [URL]/refs/ to pull.
−a, −c, −t
These options are ignored for historical reasons.
−v
Report what is downloaded.
−w <filename>
Writes the commit−id into the specified filename under $GIT_DIR/refs/<filename> on the local end after the transfer is complete.
−−stdin
Instead of a commit id on the command line (which is not expected in this case), git http−fetch expects lines on stdin in the format
<commit−id>['\t'<filename−as−in−−w>]
−−packfile=<hash>
For internal use only. Instead of a commit id on the command line (which is not expected in this case), git http−fetch fetches the packfile directly at the given URL and uses index−pack to generate corresponding .idx and .keep files. The hash is used to determine the name of the temporary file and is arbitrary. The output of index−pack is printed to stdout. Requires −−index−pack−args.
−−index−pack−args=<args>
For internal use only. The command to run on the contents of the downloaded pack. Arguments are URL−encoded separated by spaces.
−−recover
Verify that everything reachable from target is fetched. Used after an earlier fetch is interrupted.
Part of the git(1) suite