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# Git auto-fetch
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Automatically fetches all changes from all remotes while you are working in a git-initialized directory.
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To use it, add `git-auto-fetch` to the plugins array in your zshrc file:
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```shell
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plugins=(... git-auto-fetch)
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```
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## Usage
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Every time the command prompt is shown all remotes will be fetched in the background. By default,
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`git-auto-fetch` will be triggered only if the last auto-fetch was done at least 60 seconds ago.
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You can change the fetch interval in your .zshrc:
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```sh
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GIT_AUTO_FETCH_INTERVAL=1200 # in seconds
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```
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A log of `git fetch --all` will be saved in `.git/FETCH_LOG`.
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## Toggle auto-fetch per folder
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If you are using a mobile connection or for any other reason you can disable git-auto-fetch
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for any folder:
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```shell
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$ cd to/your/project
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$ git-auto-fetch
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disabled
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$ git-auto-fetch
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enabled
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```
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## Caveats
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Automatically fetching all changes defeats the purpose of `git push --force-with-lease`,
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and makes it behave like `git push --force` in some cases. For example:
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Consider that you made some changes and possibly rebased some stuff, which means you'll
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need to use `--force-with-lease` to overwrite the remote history of a branch. Between the
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time when you make the changes (maybe do a `git log`) and the time when you `git push`,
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it's possible that someone else updates the branch you're working on.
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If `git-auto-fetch` triggers then, you'll have fetched the remote changes without knowing
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it, and even though you're running the push with `--force-with-lease`, git will overwrite
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the recent changes because you already have them in your local repository. The
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[`git push --force-with-lease` docs](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-push) talk about possible
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solutions to this problem.
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