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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 | --packfile=<hash> | <commit>] <URL>

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 specified 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>]

--packfile=<hash>

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. It need not be the pack hash, but it must uniquely identify the pack contents for resumption. The output of index-pack is printed to stdout. Requires one or more --index-pack-arg options.

--index-pack-arg=<arg>

For internal use only. The first instance specifies the command run on the contents of the downloaded pack. Subsequent instances specify its arguments.

--recover

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

GIT

Part of the git(1) suite

10/17/2026 Git 2.56.0