fetch {git2r} | R Documentation

## Fetch new data and update tips

### Description

Fetch new data and update tips

### Usage

    fetch(repo, name, credentials = NULL, verbose = TRUE, refspec = NULL)

    ## S4 method for signature 'git_repository'
    fetch(repo, name, credentials = NULL,
      verbose = TRUE, refspec = NULL)

### Arguments

`repo` | the repository
`name` | the remote's name
`credentials` | The credentials for remote repository access. Default is NULL. To use and query an ssh-agent for the ssh key credentials, let this parameter be NULL (the default).
`verbose` | Print information each time a reference is updated locally. Default is `TRUE`.
`refspec` | The refs to fetch and which local refs to update, see examples. Pass NULL to use the `remote.<repository>.fetch` variable. Default is `NULL`.

### Value

invisible `git_transfer_progress` object

### Examples

    ## Not run:
    ## Initialize three temporary repositories
    path_bare <- tempfile(pattern="git2r-")
    path_repo_1 <- tempfile(pattern="git2r-")
    path_repo_2 <- tempfile(pattern="git2r-")

    dir.create(path_bare)
    dir.create(path_repo_1)
    dir.create(path_repo_2)

    bare_repo <- init(path_bare, bare = TRUE)
    repo_1 <- clone(path_bare, path_repo_1)
    repo_2 <- clone(path_bare, path_repo_2)

    config(repo_1, user.name="Alice", user.email="alice@example.org")
    config(repo_2, user.name="Bob", user.email="bob@example.org")

    ## Add changes to repo 1
    writeLines("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet",
               con = file.path(path_repo_1, "example.txt"))
    add(repo_1, "example.txt")
    commit(repo_1, "Commit message")

    ## Push changes from repo 1 to origin (bare_repo)
    push(repo_1, "origin", "refs/heads/master")

    ## Fetch changes from origin (bare_repo) to repo 2
    fetch(repo_2, "origin")

    ## List updated heads
    fetch_heads(repo_2)

    ## Checking out GitHub pull requests locally
    path <- tempfile(pattern="ghit-")
    repo <- clone("https://github.com/leeper/ghit", path)
    fetch(repo, "origin", refspec = "pull/13/head:refs/heads/BRANCHNAME")
    checkout(repo, "BRANCHNAME")
    summary(repo)

    ## End(Not run)

[Package git2r version 0.20.0 Index]