ostree/man/ostree-pull.xml

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<refentry id="ostree">

    <refentryinfo>
        <title>ostree pull</title>
        <productname>OSTree</productname>

        <authorgroup>
            <author>
                <contrib>Developer</contrib>
                <firstname>Colin</firstname>
                <surname>Walters</surname>
                <email>walters@verbum.org</email>
            </author>
        </authorgroup>
    </refentryinfo>

    <refmeta>
        <refentrytitle>ostree pull</refentrytitle>
        <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
    </refmeta>

    <refnamediv>
        <refname>ostree-pull</refname>
        <refpurpose>Download data from a remote repository</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>

    <refsynopsisdiv>
            <cmdsynopsis>
                <command>ostree pull <arg choice="req">REMOTE</arg> <arg choice="opt">BRANCH</arg></command>
            </cmdsynopsis>
    </refsynopsisdiv>

    <refsect1>
        <title>Options</title>

        <variablelist>
            <varlistentry>
                <term><option>--commit-metadata-only</option></term>

                <listitem><para>
                    Fetch only the commit metadata.
                </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
                <term><option>--disable-fsync</option></term>

                <listitem><para>
                    Do no invoke fsync().
                </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
                <term><option>--disable-static-deltas</option></term>

                <listitem><para>
                    Do not use static deltas.
                </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
                <term><option>--mirror</option></term>

                <listitem><para>
                    Write refs suitable for a mirror.
                </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
                <term><option>--subpath</option>=SUBPATH</term>

                <listitem><para>
                    Only pull the provided subpath.
                </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
                <term><option>--depth</option>=DEPTH</term>

                <listitem><para>
                    Traverse DEPTH parents (-1=infinite) (default: 0).
                </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>
        </variablelist>
    </refsect1>

    <refsect1>
        <title>Description</title>

        <para>
	  This command can retrieve just a specific commit, or go all
	  the way to performing a full mirror of the remote
	  repository.  If no <literal>BRANCH</literal> is specified,
	  all branches are retrieved.
        </para>

	<para>
	  A special syntax in the <literal>@</literal> character allows
	  specifying a specific commit to retrieve from a branch.  This
	</para>

    </refsect1>

    <refsect1>
        <title>Example</title>

        <para><command>$ ostree --repo=repo pull --depth=-1 --mirror remote_name</command></para>

	<para>Perform a complete mirror of the remote.  (This is
	likely most useful if your repository is also
	<literal>archive-z2</literal> mode)</para>

        <para><command>$ ostree --repo=repo pull remote_name exampleos/x86_64/standard</command></para>

	<para>Fetch the most recent commit to <literal>exampleos/x86_64/standard</literal>.</para>

        <para><command>$ ostree --repo=repo pull remote_name exampleos/x86_64/standard@98ea6e4f216f2fb4b69fff9b3a44842c38686ca685f3f55dc48c5d3fb1107be4</command></para>

	<para>Download the specific commit starting with
	<literal>98ea6e</literal> as if it was the latest commit for
	<literal>exampleos/x86_64/standard</literal>.</para>
    </refsect1>

</refentry>