Description
By using negative refspec in the git config (remote.<remote>.fetch = ^refs/..., see also screenshot below) it is possible to exclude specific branches when fetching from a remote.
Support for negative refspec is implemented in JGit, and "Simple Fetch" in EGit works as expected. But the "Fetch from" dialog does yet not support it and does not allow to fetch from such remotes:
Motivation
Feature completion
Alternatives considered
No response
Additional context
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Description
By using negative refspec in the git config (
remote.<remote>.fetch = ^refs/..., see also screenshot below) it is possible to exclude specific branches when fetching from a remote.Support for negative refspec is implemented in JGit, and "Simple Fetch" in EGit works as expected. But the "Fetch from" dialog does yet not support it and does not allow to fetch from such remotes:
Motivation
Feature completion
Alternatives considered
No response
Additional context
No response