diff --git a/cmd/bazel-git/fetch.go b/cmd/bazel-git/fetch.go
index 7da1f024589dcabeac378b3208d471679946f0fa..16a731dfa890a7a0e7435edc00398650b2120729 100644
--- a/cmd/bazel-git/fetch.go
+++ b/cmd/bazel-git/fetch.go
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 type FetchCommand struct {
-	Depth            int  `long:"depth" value-name:"<depth>" description:"Limit fetching the specified number of commits from the tip of each remote branch history." require:"yes"`
-	NoWriteFetchHead bool `long:"no-write-fetch-head" description:"Does not write **FETCH_HEAD**." required:"yes"`
+	Depth            int                   `long:"depth" value-name:"<depth>" description:"Limit fetching the specified number of commits from the tip of each remote branch history." require:"yes"`
+	NoWriteFetchHead bool                  `long:"no-write-fetch-head" description:"Does not write **FETCH_HEAD**." required:"yes"`
+	NegotiationTips  []reference.Commitish `long:"negotiation-tip" value-name:"<commit>" description:"Determines the tips to use in negoatiating a smaller packfile transfer. Can be defined multiple times."`
 	Args             struct {
 		Remote      remote.URL            `positional-arg-name:"repository" description:"The remote to retrieve objects from."`
 		Commitishes []reference.Commitish `positional-arg-name:"refspec" description:"The committish to retrieve from the server. Usually a commit SHA but can be a resolvable reference."`
@@ -20,8 +21,13 @@ type FetchCommand struct {
 var fetchCommand FetchCommand
 
 func (x *FetchCommand) Execute(_ []string) error {
-	log := slog.With("namespace", "fetch")
+	log := slog.With("namespace", "fetch", "remote", x.Args.Remote)
 	log.Debug("fetching", "commitishes", x.Args.Commitishes)
+
+	if len(x.NegotiationTips) > 0 {
+		log.Warn("Negotiation tips are not currently supported. A large packfile may be transferred", "negotiation-tips", x.NegotiationTips)
+	}
+
 	err := fetch.Commitishes(fetch.CommitishesOptions{
 		Remote:      x.Args.Remote,
 		Commitishes: x.Args.Commitishes,