{"thread":{"id":"29715","subject":"git gui: how to fetch a single branch","startedAt":"2012-02-23T23:58:15Z","lastAt":"2012-02-24T16:57:17Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Matt Seitz (matseitz)","Neal Kreitzinger"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"185308","messageId":"70952A932255A2489522275A628B97C31294E91C@xmb-sjc-233.amer.cisco.com","threadId":"29715","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"git gui: how to fetch a single branch","fromName":"Matt Seitz (matseitz)","fromEmail":"matseitz@cisco.com","sentAt":"2012-02-23T23:58:15Z","receivedAt":"2012-02-23T23:58:15Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"matseitz@cisco.com","avatar":null},"body":"How can I use \"git gui\" to fetch a single branch from a remote\nrepository?\n\nIf I select Remote->Fetch From, and then a remote repository, it appears\nto always fetch all the branches from the remote repository with no\noption to select which branch I want to fetch.\n"},{"id":"185340","messageId":"4F47C16D.4080208@gmail.com","threadId":"29715","inReplyTo":"70952A932255A2489522275A628B97C31294E91C@xmb-sjc-233.amer.cisco.com","subject":"Re: git gui: how to fetch a single branch","fromName":"Neal Kreitzinger","fromEmail":"nkreitzinger@gmail.com","sentAt":"2012-02-24T16:57:17Z","receivedAt":"2012-02-24T16:57:17Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"nkreitzinger@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"On 2/23/2012 5:58 PM, Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote:\n> How can I use \"git gui\" to fetch a single branch from a remote\n> repository?\n>\n> If I select Remote->Fetch From, and then a remote repository, it appears\n> to always fetch all the branches from the remote repository with no\n> option to select which branch I want to fetch.\n>\nOne way you can do it is to create a remote to that branch (see -t \noption of git remote manpage).  Then fetching that remote only fetches \nthat branch.  Of course, this is practical if you are interested in \nfetching certain branches consistently, but not as practical for \nfetching random single branches frequently.\n\nv/r,\nneal\n"}]}