git nested fetch

Fetch upstream content for a nested repository.

git nested fetch [<options>] [<subdir>]
git nested fetch --all [<options>]

What it does

fetch downloads the upstream branch into the ref refs/nested/<subdir>/fetch. It changes no file and makes no commit.

Other commands fetch when they need to. Use fetch to look first, for example with status:

git nested fetch --all
git nested status --short

A nested repository without a remote is skipped.

Arguments

Argument	Meaning
<subdir>	the nested repository. Can be left out inside it

Options

Option	Meaning
-a, --all	fetch all nested repositories
-b, --branch <branch>	fetch this upstream branch instead
-r, --remote <remote>	fetch from this upstream instead
-f, --force	fetch even while a nested worktree is checked out

Examples

git nested fetch ext/lib
git nested fetch --all
git nested fetch --all -b release/2.0

With --all -b, a repository whose upstream has no such branch is skipped.

Notes

• With a pin, the pinned commit is fetched. It must be on the branch.

• If the branch does not exist upstream yet, fetch says so. A push makes it.

See also

• pull

• status