diff --git a/fetch-all.sh b/fetch-all.sh
index d8bfdaf..3ec6d9d 100755
--- a/fetch-all.sh
+++ b/fetch-all.sh
@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# perform a "git fetch" on each location specified
-# fetch-all.sh ~/project [~/second-project]
+# perform a "git fetch" on each location specified (recursively), or current location if none specified.
+# will quietly ignore any git repo stored in a folder you lack permission on.
+# fetch-all.sh # current location implied
+# fetch-all.sh ~/my-projects /var/group-projects
 
 function process_git_fetch () {
     STARTED_IN=`pwd`
     for location in "$@"; do
-        if [ -d "$location/.git" ]; then
-            echo -n "----- git fetch $location "
-            printf "%*.*s" 0 $((40 - ${#location} )) "----------------------------------------"
-            echo "-----"
-            cd "$location"
-            git fetch --prune
-        fi
+        echo -n "----- git fetch $location "
+        printf "%*.*s" 0 $((40 - ${#location} )) "----------------------------------------"
+        echo "-----"
+        cd "$location"
+        git fetch --prune
     done
     cd "$STARTED_IN"
 }
 
-process_git_fetch "$@"
+# find all folders named ".git" under given locations,
+# and call process_git_fetch on each location that was found.
+# only works because you can fetch while inside the ".git" folder (can not git status).
 
+find "$@" -type d -name ".git" 2> /dev/null | while read file; do process_git_fetch "$file"; done