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  This is often needed, and works better than the existing refspec documentation, because even commits that have been force-pushed away can be fetched (as long as they are not garbage collected on the remote).

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@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Table of Contents
* [More conflict context with `merge.conflictstyle diff3`](#more-conflict-context-with-mergeconflictstyle-diff3)
* [Reviewing code](#reviewing-code)
* [Reduce mental load with `git diff` options](#reduce-mental-load-with-git-diff-options)
* [Fetch commits directly](#fetch-commits-directly)
* [Reference PRs easily with `refspec`s](#reference-prs-easily-with-refspecs)
* [Diff the diffs with `git range-diff`](#diff-the-diffs-with-git-range-diff)
@@ -164,9 +165,17 @@ When reviewing patches that change symbol names in many places, use `git diff --
When reviewing patches that move code around, try using `git diff --patience commit~:old/file.cpp commit:new/file/name.cpp`, and ignoring everything except the moved body of code which should show up as neither `+` or `-` lines. In case it was not a pure move, this may even work when combined with the `-w` or `--word-diff` options described above. `--color-moved=dimmed-zebra` will also dim the coloring of moved hunks in the diff on compatible terminals.
### Fetch commits directly
Before inspecting any remotely created commit locally, it has to be fetched.
This is possible via `git fetch origin <full_commit_hash>`. Even commits not
part of any branch or tag can be fetched as long as the remote has not garbage
collected them.
### Reference PRs easily with `refspec`s
When looking at other's pull requests, it may make sense to add the following section to your `.git/config` file:
As an alternative to fetching commits directly, when looking at pull requests by others, it may make sense to add the following section to your `.git/config` file:
```
[remote "upstream-pull"]