# 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 filename] [--recover] [--stdin]

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 <filename>
       Writes the commit-id into the 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>]

   --recover
       Verify that everything reachable from target is fetched. Used after an earlier fetch is interrupted.

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Git 2.18.2 01/03/2020 GIT-HTTP-FETCH(1)