[Dhairya-007]

Closes #533.

The fetch option accepted by createFetch / ofetch.create wasn't mentioned anywhere in the README, so the only way to discover it was reading src/fetch.ts. This adds a short section for it.

What's documented

• Setting fetch via the second argument of ofetch.create, and via createFetch directly.
• What the implementation is handed: the final request URL and RequestInit, after baseURL/query resolution, body serialization and the onRequest hooks have run.
• That the implementation is inherited by instances derived with .create(), and that ofetch.native calls it.
• Two pointers from the sections where I went looking for this first ("Create fetch with default options" and "Using Native Fetch").

Verification

I checked each of those claims against the current source with a throwaway test before writing them down (a spy fetch passed to createFetch and to ofetch.create, inheritance through a nested .create(), and .native) — all four held. The test isn't part of this PR since the issue is docs-only, happy to add it if you'd like it guarded.

pnpm lint and vitest run are green (28/28).

Docs-only, no source changes.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Expanded ofetch.create guidance to explain its optional instance-wide options argument.
  • Added information about configuring custom fetch implementations, including accepted inputs, processing order, and how implementations are inherited by derived instances and used by ofetch.native.
  • Clarified that the native-fetch shortcut uses the instance’s custom implementation when one is configured.

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Walkthrough

The README now documents how to configure a custom fetch implementation, which request and options it receives, and how derived instances and ofetch.native use it.

Changes: Custom fetch documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Document custom fetch usage README.md	The README describes custom fetch configuration through ofetch.create or createFetch, its position in request processing, and its use by derived instances and ofetch.native. It also updates the ofetch.native description.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Change: Other

Suggested reviewers: pi0

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 0662e

No actionable merge-blocking risk remains for this documentation-only change.

Pre-merge checks: 5

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Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: documenting the fetch option for custom fetch implementations.
Linked Issues check		Issue #533 requests README documentation for the existing custom fetch function. The README now documents the fetch option for ofetch.create and createFetch, the call contract, request process…
Out of Scope Changes check		The pull request changes only README.md. The changes directly document the custom fetch capability requested by issue #533. The examples and cross-references support that objective and do not add un…
Docstring Coverage		No eligible functions found in the changed files. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…

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Issue #533 requests README documentation for the existing custom fetch function. The README now documents the fetch option for ofetch.create and createFetch, the call contract, request processing, inheritance, and ofetch.native behavior. No additional coding or test requirement appears in the issue.

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The pull request changes only README.md. The changes directly document the custom fetch capability requested by issue #533. The examples and cross-references support that objective and do not add unrelated scope.

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- Line 283: Update the README description of the custom fetch implementation to
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RequestInit-compatible options. Preserve the explanation of request processing
and response behavior.
- Line 285: Update the README sentence about fetch inheritance to clarify that a
derived instance created with `.create()` reuses the original `fetch` unless the
new call supplies another `fetch` through `customGlobalOptions.fetch`; keep the
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[Dhairya-007]

Thanks @coderabbitai — both were right, fixed in 76e75f0 and 0662e17.

I checked each against the source before rewording:

1. FetchRequest is RequestInfo, and baseURL/query are applied only inside the typeof context.request === "string" branch (fetch.ts#L114) — so a Request is forwarded untouched. The sentence now distinguishes the two paths instead of claiming a URL is always passed.
2. .create() spreads customGlobalOptions over the parent's global options, so a fetch given there replaces the inherited one. Now worded as "unless that call supplies its own".

Confirmed both with a throwaway spy-fetch test (a Request arrived as a Request with baseURL not applied; a string got baseURL + query; and a derived instance called the overriding fetch, never the parent's). pnpm lint and vitest run still green (28/28).

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#!/bin/bash
fd '^fetch\.ts$' --type f
ast-grep outline src/fetch.ts --items all
rg -n -C8 'typeof context\.request|customGlobalOptions|\$fetch\.create|\$fetch\.native' src/fetch.ts
rg -n -C5 'unless that call supplies its own|custom fetch|custom.*implementation|Request.*object|instance-wide' README.md

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@Dhairya-007 Thanks for fixing both findings. I checked the updated documentation against src/fetch.ts:

• baseURL and query processing apply only to string requests.
• A derived .create() instance inherits the custom fetch unless the call supplies another implementation.

Both documentation fixes match the source. Thanks for reporting the spy-fetch tests and passing lint and test results.

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[Dhairya-007]

Withdrawing this — #603 and #613 both document the custom fetch option in the README and both came first, so please close this one in their favour. I should have checked the open PRs against issue #533 before writing it.