GIT-LFS-FETCH(1)		        		      GIT-LFS-FETCH(1)

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.

       --refetch
	   Also fetch objects that are already present locally.

       --dry-run, -d
	   Print what would be fetched, without actually fetching anything.

       --json, -j
	   Give the output in a stable JSON format for scripts.

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 your Git configuration or in a .lfsconfig file, you may set either
       or both of lfs.fetchinclude and lfs.fetchexclude to comma-separated
       lists of paths. If lfs.fetchinclude is defined, Git LFS objects will
       only be fetched if their path matches one in that list, and if
       lfs.fetchexclude is defined, Git LFS objects will only be fetched if
       their path does not match one in that list. Paths are matched using
       wildcard matching as per gitignore(5).

       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
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SEE ALSO
       git-lfs-checkout(1), git-lfs-pull(1), git-lfs-prune(1), gitconfig(5).

       Part of the git-lfs(1) suite.

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