How to git fetch using gitpython?

Question

I am looking for a equivalent way to fetch in gitpython

git fetch --quiet --all

How can I perform git fetch in python?

Answer 1

The fetch method is equivalent to issuing git fetch. Accordingly, you can fetch all your remotes by iterating and fetching each individually:

repo = git.Repo('name_of_repo')
for remote in repo.remotes:
    remote.fetch()