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

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 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 e445b45c1c9c6282614f201b62778e4c0688b5c8