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diff --git a/Documentation/git-maintenance.txt b/Documentation/git-maintenance.txt index 805e5a2e3a..51d0f7e94b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-maintenance.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-maintenance.txt @@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ prefetch:: requested refs within `refs/prefetch/`. Also, tags are not updated. + This is done to avoid disrupting the remote-tracking branches. The end users -expect these refs to stay unmoved unless they initiate a fetch. With prefetch -task, however, the objects necessary to complete a later real fetch would -already be obtained, so the real fetch would go faster. In the ideal case, +expect these refs to stay unmoved unless they initiate a fetch. However, +with the prefetch task, the objects necessary to complete a later real fetch +would already be obtained, making the real fetch faster. In the ideal case, it will just become an update to a bunch of remote-tracking branches without any object transfer. |