Manual: git-http-fetch

GIT-HTTP-FETCH(1)				 Git Manual				   GIT-HTTP-FETCH(1)

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

SYNOPSIS
       git http-fetch [-c] [-t] [-a] [-d] [-v] [-w ] [--recover] [--stdin | --packfile= | ] 

DESCRIPTION
       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
       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 
	   Writes the commit-id into the specified filename under $GIT_DIR/refs/ 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

	       ['\t']

       --packfile=
	   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=
	   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
       Part of the git(1) suite

Git 2.53.0					 03/02/2026				   GIT-HTTP-FETCH(1)