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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"difficult error when fetching remote refs","articleBody":"Hello! \r\n\r\nI am running into an error when I try to fetch some refs from the remote of my repository. I have spent some time in the GitPython docs but am still unable to work my head around where I could be going wrong, thus I am opening the ticket. \r\n\r\nI'm running into issues with the line below, where repo is a git.Repo instance.\r\n``\r\nrepo.remote().fetch('refs/pull/*/merge:refs/pull/*/merge')\r\n`` \r\nI have pasted the partial traceback below: \r\n\r\n```\r\n File \"collating_prs.py\", line 12, in get_prs\r\n    results = repo.remote().fetch('refs/pull/*/merge:refs/pull/*/merge')\r\n              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\r\nFile \"lib/python3.11/site-packages/git/remote.py\", line 1069, in fetch\r\n    res = self._get_fetch_info_from_stderr(proc, progress, kill_after_timeout=kill_after_timeout)\r\n          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\r\n  File \"/lib/python3.11/site-packages/git/remote.py\", line 895, in _get_fetch_info_from_stderr\r\n    proc.wait(stderr=stderr_text)\r\n  File \"/lib/python3.11/site-packages/git/cmd.py\", line 834, in wait\r\n    raise GitCommandError(remove_password_if_present(self.args), status, errstr)\r\ngit.exc.GitCommandError: Cmd('git') failed due to: exit code(1)\r\n  cmdline: git fetch -v -- origin refs/pull/*/merge:refs/pull/*/merge\r\n```\r\nIn a bash terminal, the command ``git fetch -v -- origin refs/pull/*/merge:refs/pull/*/merge`` works and returns the refs that I am trying to fetch. \r\n\r\nI'm not quire sure where to start looking at this and would appreciate any guidance. Thank you for your help!\r\n\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/mjgaughan","@type":"Person","name":"mjgaughan"},"datePublished":"2024-12-10T03:50:45.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":0},"url":"https://github.com/1982/GitPython/issues/1982"}