Git - Pull

About

git pull incorporates commit (changes) from:

• a remote repository
• into the current branch.

when you run a pull, git figures out what has changed on the server since the last pull and downloads any new commit metadata and file contents.

In its default mode, git pull is a shorthand for:

• git fetch
• followed by git merge ie git merge FETCH_HEAD

ie if you’re on a tracking branch and type git pull, Git automatically knows:

• which upstream branch to fetch from
• which branch to merge in.

Syntax

• pull from a remote to a branch

git pull remoteName branchName

• pull from a remote into the working branch

git pull remoteName

• pull from the tracking remote into the working branch

git pull

Documentation / Reference

• docs/git-pull.html