for it).  Options should be set before other commands,
and may influence the behavior of those commands.</p>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>See OPTIONS for a list of currently defined options.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Supported if the helper has the "option" capability.</p>
</div>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1"><em>fetch</em> &lt;sha1&gt; &lt;name&gt;</dt>
<dd>
<p>Fetches the given object, writing the necessary objects
to the database.  Fetch commands are sent in a batch, one
per line, terminated with a