Since a9d34933 ("Merge branch 'fm/fetch-raw-sha1'", 2015-06-01) we
allow to fetch by an object name when the other side accepts such a
request, but we never updated the documentation to match.Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gits...@pobox.com> --- Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt index 1ebbf1d738..733f932479 100644 --- a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt +++ b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt @@ -23,9 +23,11 @@ ifdef::git-pull[] endif::git-pull[] + The format of a <refspec> parameter is an optional plus -`+`, followed by the source ref <src>, followed +`+`, followed by the source <src>, followed by a colon `:`, followed by the destination ref <dst>. -The colon can be omitted when <dst> is empty. +The colon can be omitted when <dst> is empty. <src> is most +typically a ref, but it can also be an fully spelled hex object +name. + `tag <tag>` means the same as `refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>`; it requests fetching everything up to the given tag. -- 2.15.0-rc1-168-g2b9456ab46
