NeogitOrg / NeogitOrg/neogit

Automatically fetch from remotes at an interval

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

When checking out e.g. the branch of a pull request, I need to first fa (fetch all) and then bl to find the remote branch among the selection options. If Neogit fetched remotes automatically at an interval, this would not be necessary.

Describe the solution you'd like

I'd like Neogit to automatically fetch from all (or configured) remotes when Neovim starts, or when Neogit starts, at an interval.

See how e.g. Tower does this.

Configuration suggestion:

auto_fetch_remotes_interval_seconds = int | nil -- Nil is default, nil disables

Describe alternatives you've considered

Use a ZSH plug-in such as this one but it seems to requires Oh-my-ZSH which I don't want to use.

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Research direction

Start by locating Neogit's startup or initialization entry point and the existing fetch-all-remotes action. Define the configuration for all or selected remotes and an interval, with fetching disabled by default when the value is nil. Done means the configured behavior runs at startup or when Neogit starts and repeats at the requested interval.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
git, lua, neovim
Domain
developer-experience, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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