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 <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>
---
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.
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2.15.0-rc1-168-g2b9456ab46
