fluree pull

Pull commits from upstream and apply them to the local ledger, similar to git pull.

Usage

fluree pull [OPTIONS] [LEDGER]

Arguments

Argument	Description
`[LEDGER]`	Ledger name (defaults to active ledger)
`--no-indexes`	Skip pulling binary index data; only transfer new commits and txn blobs (local index may lag until you run `fluree reindex`)

Description

Downloads new commits from the configured upstream and applies them to the local ledger:

Queries the remote for its current head (t and commit ContentId)
Compares with the local head; exits early if already up to date
Attempts bulk download of missing commits (and by default index artifacts) via the pack protocol (single streaming request)
Falls back to paginated JSON export if the server does not support pack
Stores all commit and transaction blobs to local CAS
When index data is requested and transferred, advances the local index head to match the remote
Advances the local commit head to the remote head

Index transfer

As with clone, pull uses the pack protocol to request index artifacts by default when the remote has an index. Use --no-indexes to transfer only new commits and txn blobs. For large estimated transfers (~1 GiB or more), the CLI prompts for confirmation before streaming.

Transport

Pull uses the same pack protocol as clone -- see clone: Transport for details.

Origin-based pull

When no upstream remote is configured, pull falls back to origin-based fetching if a LedgerConfig with origins is set on the ledger (see fluree config set-origins). This uses the same pack-first / CID-walk-fallback transport as fluree clone --origin.

This is a replication operation. It requires a Bearer token with root / storage-proxy permissions (fluree.storage.*). If you only have permissioned/query access to a ledger, you should use fluree track (or --remote) and run queries/transactions against the remote instead.

The ledger must have an upstream configured (see fluree upstream set), or a LedgerConfig with origins (see fluree config set-origins).

Restart safety: If interrupted, the local head reflects the last successful import. The next pull resumes from the local head automatically.

Examples

# Pull changes for active ledger
fluree pull

# Pull changes for specific ledger
fluree pull mydb

# Pull commits only (skip index transfer)
fluree pull --no-indexes mydb

Output

Successful pull (with index data when remote has an index):

Pulling 'mydb:main' from 'origin' (local t=10, remote t=42)...
✓ 'mydb:main' pulled 32 commit(s) via pack (new head t=42)

With --no-indexes, only commits (and referenced txn blobs) are transferred; the message does not include index artifact counts.

Already up to date:

✓ 'mydb:main' is already up to date

No upstream configured:

error: no upstream configured for 'mydb:main'
  hint: fluree upstream set mydb:main <remote>

Errors

Error	Description
No upstream configured	Run `fluree upstream set <ledger> <remote>` first, or configure origins via `fluree config set-origins`
Ancestry mismatch	Remote chain does not descend from local head (histories diverged)
Import validation failure	Commit chain or retraction invariant violation

Limitations

Index head vs commit head: When you use --no-indexes, the local index head is not updated. Queries still work but may replay more novelty; run fluree reindex to bring the index up to the current commit head.
Graph source indexes not replicated: Graph source snapshots (BM25/vector/geo, etc.) are not replicated by fluree pull yet. Rebuild graph source indexes in the target environment as needed.