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docs: Explain the purpose of fetch's and pull's <refspec> parameter.

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Signed-off-by: Marc Branchaud <marcnarc@xiplink.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
include::urls-remotes.txt[]
CONFIGURED REMOTE-TRACKING BRANCHES
-----------------------------------
CONFIGURED REMOTE-TRACKING BRANCHES[[CRTB]]
-------------------------------------------
You often interact with the same remote repository by
regularly and repeatedly fetching from it. In order to keep track

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Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt
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endif::git-pull[]
<refspec>::
The format of a <refspec> parameter is an optional plus
`+`, followed by the source ref <src>, followed
by a colon `:`, followed by the destination ref <dst>.
The colon can be omitted when <dst> is empty.
Specifies which refs to fetch and which local refs to update.
When no <refspec>s appear on the command line, the refs to fetch
are read from `remote.<repository>.fetch` variables instead
ifndef::git-pull[]
(see <<CRTB,CONFIGURED REMOTE-TRACKING BRANCHES>> below).
endif::git-pull[]
ifdef::git-pull[]
(see linkgit:git-fetch[1]).
endif::git-pull[]
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The format of a <refspec> parameter is an optional plus
`+`, followed by the source ref <src>, followed
by a colon `:`, followed by the destination ref <dst>.
The colon can be omitted when <dst> is empty.
+
`tag <tag>` means the same as `refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>`;
it requests fetching everything up to the given tag.