# Request: git fetch --timeout

1 messages from 2012-11-01 to 2012-11-01. Participants: H. Peter Anvin.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/31996

## H. Peter Anvin, 2012-11-01 21:59

Subject: Request: git fetch --timeout
Message-ID: <5092F0C2.1090802@zytor.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/5092F0C2.1090802%40zytor.com

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Right now, there are events which can cause git fetch to hang forever.
This is really problematic in automatic use.

A git fetch --timeout which would exit with a nonzero exit code if no
forward progress is made would be really helpful.

	-hpa

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