`git fetch` Download new commits without changing your files

Gets the latest commits and branches from a remote and updates your remote-tracking branches such as origin/main. Your own branches and working folder stay as they are.

Synopsis

git fetch [OPTION]... [REMOTE [BRANCH]]

Common options

Option or form	What it does
`--all`	Fetch from every remote
`-p, --prune`	Delete local references to branches that were removed on the remote
`--tags`	Also fetch all tags
`--depth N`	Limit fetched history to N commits
`--unshallow`	Turn a shallow clone into a full one

Examples

Get the latest from origin

git fetch

From github.com:ana/site
   8b1d7e4..3f2a9c1  main       -> origin/main

Fetch everything and tidy up

git fetch --all --prune

See what you do not have yet

git log HEAD..origin/main --oneline

Fetch one branch of a remote

git fetch upstream main

Notes

Fetch is always safe. Look at the result, then merge or rebase when ready.
git pull is fetch followed by a merge (or rebase). Fetching first lets you review.
Use git fetch origin pull/123/head:pr-123 to bring a GitHub pull request into a local branch.

git fetch Download new commits without changing your files

Synopsis

Common options

Examples

Notes

See also

`git fetch` Download new commits without changing your files