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Fetch remote only if remote hasn't been fetched recently

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M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail.com>
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Jun 5, 2025, 11:16 UTC
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Hi. I'd like to fetch from a particular remote, but only if that remote hasn't been fetched in the last hour. How could I achieve this? Is there a relevant option for `git fetch`?

https://git-scm.com/docs/git-fetch
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