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NAME top

   git-http-fetch - Download from a remote Git repository via HTTP

SYNOPSIS top

   _git http-fetch_ [-c] [-t] [-a] [-d] [-v] [-w <filename>] [--recover] [--stdin | --packfile=<hash> | <commit>] <URL>

DESCRIPTION top

   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.

OPTIONS top

   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.

GIT top

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