fetch: Fetch new data and update tips

Description

Fetch new data and update tips

Usage

fetch(repo, name, credentials = NULL)
## S3 method for class 'git_repository':
fetch(repo, name, credentials = NULL)

Arguments

repo

the repository

name

the remote's name

credentials

The credentials for remote repository access. Default is NULL.

Value

invisible git_transfer_progress object

Examples

Run this code

## 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)

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