NAME

       git-lfs-fetch - Download all Git LFS files for a given ref

SYNOPSIS

       git lfs fetch [options] [remote [ref...]]

DESCRIPTION

       Download Git LFS objects at the given refs from the specified remote. See DEFAULT REMOTE and DEFAULT REFS
       for what happens if you don't specify.

       This does not update the working copy.

OPTIONS

       -I paths --include=paths
              Specify lfs.fetchinclude just for this invocation; see INCLUDE AND EXCLUDE

       -X paths --exclude=paths
              Specify lfs.fetchexclude just for this invocation; see INCLUDE AND EXCLUDE

       --recent
              Download objects referenced by recent branches & commits in addition to those that would otherwise
              be downloaded. See RECENT CHANGES

       --all  Download  all  objects  that  are  referenced  by  any  commit reachable from the refs provided as
              arguments. If no refs are provided, then all refs are fetched. This is primarily  for  backup  and
              migration  purposes. Cannot be combined with --recent or --include/--exclude. Ignores any globally
              configured include and exclude paths to ensure that all objects are downloaded.

       --prune -p
              Prune old and unreferenced objects after fetching, equivalent to running git lfs prune afterwards.
              See git-lfs-prune(1) for more details.

INCLUDE AND EXCLUDE

       You can configure Git LFS to only fetch objects to satisfy references  in  certain  paths  of  the  repo,
       and/or  to  exclude certain paths of the repo, to reduce the time you spend downloading things you do not
       use.

       In  gitconfig,  set  lfs.fetchinclude  and  lfs.fetchexclude  to  comma-separated  lists  of   paths   to
       include/exclude  in  the  fetch.  Only  paths  which  are  matched  by  fetchinclude  and  not matched by
       fetchexclude will have objects fetched for them.

       Note that using the command-line options -I  and  -X  override  the  respective  configuration  settings.
       Setting either option to an empty string clears the value.

   Examples:
       ○   git config lfs.fetchinclude "textures,images/foo*"

           This will only fetch objects referenced in paths in the textures folder, and files called foo* in the
           images folder

       ○   git config lfs.fetchinclude "*.jpg,*.png,*.tga"

           Only fetch JPG/PNG/TGA files, wherever they are in the repository

       ○   git config lfs.fetchexclude "media/reallybigfiles"

           Don't fetch any LFS objects referenced in the folder media/reallybigfiles, but fetch everything else

       ○   git config lfs.fetchinclude "media"
           git config lfs.fetchexclude "media/excessive"

           Only fetch LFS objects in the 'media' folder, but exclude those in one of its subfolders.

DEFAULT REMOTE

       Without  arguments,  fetch  downloads  from the default remote. The default remote is the same as for git
       fetch, i.e. based on the remote branch you're tracking first, or origin otherwise.

DEFAULT REFS

       If no refs are given as arguments, the currently checked out  ref  is  used.  In  addition,  if  enabled,
       recently changed refs and commits are also included. See RECENT CHANGES for details.

RECENT CHANGES

       If the --recent option is specified, or if the gitconfig option lfs.fetchrecentalways is true, then after
       the  current  ref  (or  those  in the arguments) is fetched, we also search for 'recent' changes to fetch
       objects for, so that it's more convenient to checkout or diff those  commits  without  incurring  further
       downloads.

       What changes are considered 'recent' is based on a number of gitconfig options:

       ○   lfs.fetchrecentrefsdays  If  non-zero,  includes  branches  which  have  commits within N days of the
           current date. Only local refs are included unless lfs.fetchrecentremoterefs is true. The default is 7
           days.

       ○   lfs.fetchrecentremoterefs If true, fetches remote refs (for the remote you're fetching)  as  well  as
           local  refs  in the recent window. This is useful to fetch objects for remote branches you might want
           to check out later. The default is true; if you set this to false, fetching for those  branches  will
           only  occur  when  you  either  check  them out (losing the advantage of fetch --recent), or create a
           tracking local branch separately then fetch again.

       ○   lfs.fetchrecentcommitsdays In addition to fetching at branches, also fetches changes  made  within  N
           days of the latest commit on the branch. This is useful if you're often reviewing recent changes. The
           default is 0 (no previous changes).

       ○   lfs.fetchrecentalways Always operate as if --recent was provided on the command line.

EXAMPLES

       ○   Fetch the LFS objects for the current ref from default remote

           git lfs fetch

       ○   Fetch the LFS objects for the current ref AND recent changes from default remote

           git lfs fetch --recent

       ○   Fetch the LFS objects for the current ref from a secondary remote 'upstream'

           git lfs fetch upstream

       ○   Fetch  all  the LFS objects from the default remote that are referenced by any commit in the main and
           develop branches

           git lfs fetch --all origin main develop

       ○   Fetch the LFS objects for a branch from origin

           git lfs fetch origin mybranch

       ○   Fetch the LFS objects for 2 branches and a commit from origin

           git lfs fetch origin main mybranch e445b45c1c9c6282614f201b62778e4c0688b5c8

SEE ALSO

       git-lfs-checkout(1), git-lfs-pull(1), git-lfs-prune(1).

       Part of the git-lfs(1) suite.

                                                  November 2024                                 GIT-LFS-FETCH(1)