What is the difference between these two commands?
git fetch
and
git fetch origin
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This is simpler than the linked answer (which is really about what name(s) are updated with git fetch origin vs git fetch origin master vs git fetch origin master:master; and that answer is slightly different for very old versions of Git as its behavior changed a bit in Git version 1.8.4).
To quote the git fetch documentation:
When no remote is specified, by default the
originremote will be used, unless there’s an upstream branch configured for the current branch.
In other words:
git fetch
is exactly the same as:
git fetch origin
unless the current branch has an upstream setting that refers to a remote other than origin. So if, for instance, the current branch is rumpelsnakeskin and the upstream of rumpelsnakeskin is habitat/rumpelsnakeskin, then git fetch means git fetch habitat. But if the current branch is, say, master and its upstream is origin/master or is not set at all, then git fetch means git fetch origin.
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git fetch fetch the whole all remotes.
but in git fetch origin by using origin you specify the remote which need to be fetched
partho222
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1That's not correct. You can use `git fetch --all` to fetch all remotes, or you can use `git remote update` and/or remote groups. – torek Oct 30 '17 at 06:59
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thanks for the clarification – partho222 Oct 30 '17 at 09:34