How to fetch specific branch in Git

# Fetch specific branch from origin
git fetch origin feature-branch

# This downloads commits but doesn't merge them
# Branch is available as origin/feature-branch

# Fetch specific branch and check it out
git fetch origin feature-branch
git checkout feature-branch

# Or in one command
git fetch origin feature-branch:feature-branch
git checkout feature-branch

# Fetch multiple branches
git fetch origin main develop feature-x

# Verify fetched branches
git branch -r

# Add remote
git remote add upstream https://github.com/original/repo.git

# Fetch specific branch from upstream
git fetch upstream main

# Check out as local branch
git checkout -b upstream-main upstream/main

# Fetch branch without updating tracking info
git fetch origin feature-branch --no-tags

# Fetch only commits, skip tags
git fetch origin feature-branch --no-tags --depth=1

# Fetch last commit only (faster for large repos)
git fetch --depth=1 origin feature-branch

# Fetch last 10 commits
git fetch --depth=10 origin feature-branch

# Fetch all commits since specific date
git fetch --shallow-since=2024-01-01 origin feature-branch

# Fetch remote branch and create local tracking branch
git fetch origin feature-branch
git checkout -b feature-branch origin/feature-branch

# Or use --track
git fetch origin feature-branch
git checkout --track origin/feature-branch

# Fetch specific refspec
git fetch origin main:refs/remotes/origin/main

# Fetch only new commits
git fetch origin main --update-head-ok

# Fetch branch
git fetch origin feature-branch

# View files without checking out
git ls-tree -r origin/feature-branch

# View diff between branches
git diff main..origin/feature-branch

# View log
git log origin/feature-branch

# View specific file content
git show origin/feature-branch:path/to/file.js

# Fetch specific branch
git fetch origin develop

# Merge into current branch
git merge origin/develop

# Or use rebase
git rebase origin/develop

# Fetch branch with its tags
git fetch origin feature-branch --tags

# Fetch only tags for branch
git fetch origin 'refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*'

# Verify fetched tags
git tag -l

# Fetch and remove local references to deleted remote branches
git fetch --prune origin

# Fetch specific branch and prune
git fetch --prune origin feature-branch

# See what would be pruned
git fetch --dry-run --prune origin

# Force fetch (overwrite local remote tracking)
git fetch --force origin feature-branch

# Useful when remote branch was force pushed
git fetch --force origin main:main

# View current fetch refspec
git config --get remote.origin.fetch

# Add custom refspec to fetch specific branches
git config --add remote.origin.fetch '+refs/heads/develop:refs/remotes/origin/develop'

# Fetch only main and develop branches
git config remote.origin.fetch '+refs/heads/main:refs/remotes/origin/main'
git config --add remote.origin.fetch '+refs/heads/develop:refs/remotes/origin/develop'

# Show progress during fetch
git fetch --progress origin feature-branch

# Verbose output
git fetch --verbose origin feature-branch

# Quiet mode
git fetch --quiet origin feature-branch

#!/bin/bash

# Automatically fetch specific branches after merge
git fetch origin develop
git fetch origin staging

echo "✓ Fetched latest develop and staging branches"

chmod +x .git/hooks/post-merge

#!/bin/bash

BRANCHES=("main" "develop" "staging" "feature-a" "feature-b")

echo "Fetching branches..."

for branch in "${BRANCHES[@]}"; do
  echo "Fetching $branch..."
  git fetch origin "$branch" || echo "⚠️  Failed to fetch $branch"
done

echo "✓ Fetch complete"

chmod +x fetch-branches.sh
./fetch-branches.sh