Documentation / fetch-options.txton commit fetch/pull: Add the 'on-demand' value to the --recurse-submodules option (8f0700d)
   1--all::
   2        Fetch all remotes.
   3
   4-a::
   5--append::
   6        Append ref names and object names of fetched refs to the
   7        existing contents of `.git/FETCH_HEAD`.  Without this
   8        option old data in `.git/FETCH_HEAD` will be overwritten.
   9
  10--depth=<depth>::
  11        Deepen the history of a 'shallow' repository created by
  12        `git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see linkgit:git-clone[1])
  13        by the specified number of commits.
  14
  15ifndef::git-pull[]
  16--dry-run::
  17        Show what would be done, without making any changes.
  18endif::git-pull[]
  19
  20-f::
  21--force::
  22        When 'git fetch' is used with `<rbranch>:<lbranch>`
  23        refspec, it refuses to update the local branch
  24        `<lbranch>` unless the remote branch `<rbranch>` it
  25        fetches is a descendant of `<lbranch>`.  This option
  26        overrides that check.
  27
  28-k::
  29--keep::
  30        Keep downloaded pack.
  31
  32ifndef::git-pull[]
  33--multiple::
  34        Allow several <repository> and <group> arguments to be
  35        specified. No <refspec>s may be specified.
  36
  37-p::
  38--prune::
  39        After fetching, remove any remote-tracking branches which
  40        no longer exist on the remote.
  41endif::git-pull[]
  42
  43ifdef::git-pull[]
  44--no-tags::
  45endif::git-pull[]
  46ifndef::git-pull[]
  47-n::
  48--no-tags::
  49endif::git-pull[]
  50        By default, tags that point at objects that are downloaded
  51        from the remote repository are fetched and stored locally.
  52        This option disables this automatic tag following. The default
  53        behavior for a remote may be specified with the remote.<name>.tagopt
  54        setting. See linkgit:git-config[1].
  55
  56ifndef::git-pull[]
  57-t::
  58--tags::
  59        Most of the tags are fetched automatically as branch
  60        heads are downloaded, but tags that do not point at
  61        objects reachable from the branch heads that are being
  62        tracked will not be fetched by this mechanism.  This
  63        flag lets all tags and their associated objects be
  64        downloaded. The default behavior for a remote may be
  65        specified with the remote.<name>.tagopt setting. See
  66        linkgit:git-config[1].
  67
  68--recurse-submodules[=yes|on-demand|no]::
  69        This option controls if and under what conditions new commits of
  70        populated submodules should be fetched too. It can be used as a
  71        boolean option to completely disable recursion when set to 'no' or to
  72        unconditionally recurse into all populated submodules when set to
  73        'yes', which is the default when this option is used without any
  74        value. Use 'on-demand' to only recurse into a populated submodule
  75        when the superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
  76        reference.
  77
  78--no-recurse-submodules::
  79        Disable recursive fetching of submodules (this has the same effect as
  80        using the '--recurse-submodules=no' option).
  81
  82--submodule-prefix=<path>::
  83        Prepend <path> to paths printed in informative messages
  84        such as "Fetching submodule foo".  This option is used
  85        internally when recursing over submodules.
  86
  87--recurse-submodules-default=[yes|on-demand]::
  88        This option is used internally to temporarily provide a
  89        non-negative default value for the --recurse-submodules
  90        option.  All other methods of configuring fetch's submodule
  91        recursion (such as settings in linkgit:gitmodules[5] and
  92        linkgit:git-config[1]) override this option, as does
  93        specifying --[no-]recurse-submodules directly.
  94endif::git-pull[]
  95
  96-u::
  97--update-head-ok::
  98        By default 'git fetch' refuses to update the head which
  99        corresponds to the current branch.  This flag disables the
 100        check.  This is purely for the internal use for 'git pull'
 101        to communicate with 'git fetch', and unless you are
 102        implementing your own Porcelain you are not supposed to
 103        use it.
 104
 105--upload-pack <upload-pack>::
 106        When given, and the repository to fetch from is handled
 107        by 'git fetch-pack', '--exec=<upload-pack>' is passed to
 108        the command to specify non-default path for the command
 109        run on the other end.
 110
 111ifndef::git-pull[]
 112-q::
 113--quiet::
 114        Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally
 115        used git commands. Progress is not reported to the standard error
 116        stream.
 117
 118-v::
 119--verbose::
 120        Be verbose.
 121endif::git-pull[]
 122
 123--progress::
 124        Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
 125        by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q
 126        is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the
 127        standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.