git fetch: how to ignore new branches

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You can edit .git/config and change

fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*

to, for example,

fetch = +refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/master

Also you can do git fetch origin +refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/master each time instead of just git fetch

You can create fetching script (like "gfm") to avoid inputting that string each time. This way you can use "gfm" to fetch just master and "git fetch" to fetch everything.