Differences between git remote update and fetch?

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David picture David · Dec 6, 2009 · Viewed 82k times · Source

Is git remote update the equivalent of git fetch?

Answer

xenoterracide picture xenoterracide · Dec 6, 2009

Yes and no. git remote update fetches from all remotes, not just one.

Without looking at the code to see if remote update is just a shell script (possible) it, basically, runs fetch for each remote. git fetch can be much more granular.

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