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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add examples section to 'git fetch' manual
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On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> writes:
>
>  > +git fetch origin::
>  > +     From the remote named `origin` fetch and store all branches as
>  > +     configured in `remote.origin.fetch`. Usually this means fetching all
>  > +     branches and storing them locally as remote tracking branches
>  > +     `origin/*`. See linkgit:git-remote[1] for more information.
>
>  This is a valid thing to add to the examples section, although I suspect
>  people would already know it when they encouter this page.

As a recent CVS emigrant, I'm finding the refspecs one of the more
confusing areas of git.  I think having good, basic examples might be
more helpful than experienced users expect.  In my case at least, this
is a helpful example.