Documentation/git-local-fetch.txt: -s to use
symbolic links instead of file-to-file copy, -l
to use hardlinks, -n to never use file-to-file
copies, --recover to resume a failed fetch.
Signed-off-by: Andrew Ruder <andy@aeruder.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Get all the objects.
-v::
Report what is downloaded.
+-s::
+ Instead of regular file-to-file copying use symbolic links to the objects
+ in the remote repository.
+-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.
+-n::
+ Never attempt to file-to-file copy remote objects. Only useful with
+ -s or -l command-line options.
-w <filename>::
Writes the commit-id into the filename under $GIT_DIR/refs/<filename> on
<commit-id>['\t'<filename-as-in--w>]
+--recover::
+ Verify that everything reachable from target is fetched. Used after
+ an earlier fetch is interrupted.
+
Author
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Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>