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