git fetch

git fetch (docs) downloads new commits, branches, and tags from a remote repository into your local repository's remote-tracking references (e.g. origin/main), without modifying your working directory or current branch. It lets you see what has changed remotely before deciding to integrate those changes with git merge or git rebase. In short: it updates your knowledge of the remote, but leaves your local work untouched.

Download objects and refs from another repository.

Commands

• git fetch --help
• git fetch
• git -C
• git fetch origin
• git fetch --all
• git fetch --dry-run
• git fetch --prune
• git fetch -v

Examples

git fetch 
(no output)

git fetch https://github.com/zabbix/zabbix-docker.git
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

Solution: git clone

Errors

fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

Related commands

• git pull
• git fetch upstream
• git merge
• git rebase
• git fetch, git pull, git clone
• git checkout
• Latest items from git fetch: git reflog -1 origin/main --date=iso
• ghorg

Activities

• Read about the differences between git pull and git fetch: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/292357/what-is-the-difference-between-git-pull-and-git-fetch
• Install and configure: npm install -g git-auto-fetch
• ls -d */ | xargs -I {} git -C {} fetch --all

See also

• git fetch [ --all | origin ], git auto-fetch, git -C, git.autofetch, git-auto-fetch (zsh)