How to do a `git pull` in several steps

Question

I think that a git pull command is an alias for a git fetch and a git merge.

I would like to do a git pull origin master in several steps. It think it could be something like this:

git fetch origin master
git merge <remote fetched branch>

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 05 '14 at 16:51

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It would be just simply

git fetch origin master
git merge origin/master

The first command fetches master from origin. The second merges the remote into your topic branch.

answered Nov 05 '14 at 16:51

isherwood

This assumes that you are on `master` branch – Shiplu Mokaddim Sep 16 '20 at 13:57
@ShipluMokaddim, that's incorrect. It doesn't matter what branch you're on. – isherwood Sep 16 '20 at 13:59
The OP actually asked about running git pull when he is in `master` branch. In your answer, you mentioned about topic branch. The command will indeed merge origin/master to the current branch which is topic branch. And for OP it's `master`. – Shiplu Mokaddim Sep 16 '20 at 15:45

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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A git fetch update the remote-tracking branches under refs/remotes/<remote>/. So the commands should be:

git fetch origin master
git merge refs/remotes/origin/master

Thanks to this answer about the difference between git pull a git fetch.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

Community

answered Nov 05 '14 at 16:58

tzi

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