git-fetch.txt says the following, whereas the only command that appears to use FETCH_HEAD in Git HEAD is git-pull. | The ref names and their object names of fetched refs are stored | in `.git/FETCH_HEAD`. This information is left for a later merge | operation done by "git merge". Maybe the latter sentence could be reworded as something like this ? | This information is left for a later merge operation, for use by "git | pull" or other porcelain tools. Best regards, -- Yann. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html