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+# Git auto-fetch
+
+Automatically fetches all changes from all remotes while you are working in a git-initialized directory.
+
+To use it, add `git-auto-fetch` to the plugins array in your zshrc file:
+
+```shell
+plugins=(... git-auto-fetch)
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+Every time the command prompt is shown all remotes will be fetched in the background. By default,
+`git-auto-fetch` will be triggered only if the last auto-fetch was done at least 60 seconds ago.
+You can change the fetch interval in your .zshrc:
+
+```sh
+GIT_AUTO_FETCH_INTERVAL=1200 # in seconds
+```
+
+A log of `git fetch --all` will be saved in `.git/FETCH_LOG`.
+
+## Toggle auto-fetch per folder
+
+If you are using a mobile connection or for any other reason you can disable git-auto-fetch
+for any folder:
+
+```shell
+$ cd to/your/project
+$ git-auto-fetch
+disabled
+$ git-auto-fetch
+enabled
+```
+
+## Caveats
+
+Automatically fetching all changes defeats the purpose of `git push --force-with-lease`,
+and makes it behave like `git push --force` in some cases. For example:
+
+Consider that you made some changes and possibly rebased some stuff, which means you'll
+need to use `--force-with-lease` to overwrite the remote history of a branch. Between the
+time when you make the changes (maybe do a `git log`) and the time when you `git push`,
+it's possible that someone else updates the branch you're working on.
+
+If `git-auto-fetch` triggers then, you'll have fetched the remote changes without knowing
+it, and even though you're running the push with `--force-with-lease`, git will overwrite
+the recent changes because you already have them in your local repository. The
+[`git push --force-with-lease` docs](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-push) talk about possible
+solutions to this problem.