public-inbox-fetch(1)

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NAME

6       public-inbox-fetch - "git fetch" wrapper for v2 inbox mirrors
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SYNOPSIS

9       public-inbox-fetch [--exit-code] -C INBOX_DIR
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DESCRIPTION

12       public-inbox-fetch updates git storage of public-inbox mirrors.  With
13       v2 inboxes, it allows detection of new epochs and avoids unnecessary
14       traffic on old epochs.
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16       public-inbox-fetch does not use nor require any configuration files of
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19       It does not run public-inbox-index(1), making it suitable for
20       maintaining git-only backups.
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22       For v2 inboxes, it will maintain "$INBOX_DIR/manifest.js.gz" file to
23       speed up future invocations.  It always safe to remove manifest.js.gz,
24       it is merely an optimization and will be restored on the next
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27       To prevent fetches on any v2 epoch, use chmod(1) to remove write
28       permissions to the top-level of the epoch.  For example, to disable
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31               chmod a-w $INBOX_DIR/git/4.git
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33       If you wish to re-enable fetches to the epoch:
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OPTIONS

38       -q
39       --quiet
40           Quiets down progress messages, also passed to git-fetch(1).
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42       -T REMOTE
43       --try-remote REMOTE
44           Try a given remote name instead of "origin" or "_grokmirror".  May
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47           Default: "origin", "_grokmirror"
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50           Exit with 127 if no updates are done.  This can be used in shell
51           scripts to avoid invoking public-inbox-index(1) when there are no
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54                   public-inbox-fetch -q --exit-code && public-inbox-index
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57       -v
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59           Increases verbosity, also passed to git-fetch(1).
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61       --torsocks=auto|no|yes
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63           Whether to wrap git(1) and curl(1) commands with torsocks(1).
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EXIT CODES

68       127 no updates when "--exit-code" is used above
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70       public-inbox-fetch will also exit with curl "EXIT CODES" in curl(1) as
71       documented in the curl(1) manpage (e.g. 7 when curl cannot reach a
72       host).  Likewise, git-fetch(1) failures are also propagated to the
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CONTACT

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COPYRIGHT

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