Re: Fetch remote only if remote hasn't been fetched recently

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 9, 2025, 14:08 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqtt4puhwq.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CAGJzqsksmQmY4o-_7DoPFK8VP-h59ANUjroVv2+++ZG3gDBdUA@mail.gmail.com>

M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail.com> writes:

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> Interesting, thank you.
>
> Suppose my network connection is intermittent. While the machine is
> online, `git fetch --prefetch` runs successfully. Later I am offline.
> How can I complete the fetch?

I _think_ that it uses "git fetch --prefetch" to store what is usually stored at refs/$R to refs/prefetch/$R (so your remote-tracking branch refs/remotes/origin/frotz is stored at refs/prefetch/remotes/origin/frotz instead), so I would presume that it should be the matter of doing something silly like this:

    $ git fetch . 'refs/prefetch/remotes/origin/*:refs/remotes/origin/*'