e>master</code> in the example,
which is a short-hand for <code>master:</code>, which in turn means
"fetch the <em>master</em> branch but I do not explicitly say what
remote-tracking branch to update with it from the command line"),
and the example command will
fetch <em>only</em> the <em>master</em> branch.  The <code>remote.&lt;repository&gt;.fetch</code>
values determine which
remote-tracking branch, if any, is updated.  When used in this
way, the <code>remote.&lt;repository&gt;.fetch</code> valu