I've got a project checked locally from GitHub, and that remote repository has since had changes made to it. What's the correct command to update my local copy with the latest changes?
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38Its worth noting that github have produced a set of very informative and helpful guides for using git and github. I found them invaluable when I first made the move to git. help.github.comMark Embling– Mark Embling2009-09-18 08:33:43 +00:00Commented Sep 18, 2009 at 8:33
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Either:
git pull origin master
or:
git pull origin main
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Aquarius Power
I deleted some files and it is not bringing them again, any idea?
Joe Lapp
I just learned the hard way that pulling a new remote repository branch does not create a branch of that name locally, but instead pulls that remote branch into whatever local branch happens to be checked out. I'm not sure how to undo this short of ditching and re-cloning the repository. In any case, it seems that the local branch is independent of the remote branch and one should always make sure you're in the intended local branch before pulling.
TheExorcist
Why we want to do merge ,but I think fetch is OK .What if code is diseased or not healthy contribution? Is git pull one is safe command?
franc
If I made changes lokally but don't want them be merged, just get the exact copy of the remote repo, then I have to delete or rename my lokal repo and just clone it again, right?
WillC
git remote -vv and git branch -vv might help you understand what's going on too: first one gives you the details of the 'remote' repository - the repository on the server, not your local/working repository: second one gives you the details of the branch from your local repository you have checked out, and the details of the corresponding branch from the remote repository . |
This should work for every default repo:
git pull origin master
If your default branch is different than master, you will need to specify the branch name:
git pull origin my_default_branch_name
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Victor Eijkhout
Not really. fatal: Couldn't find remote ref master
Andrzej Rehmann
@Eijkhout probablt in Your repo case there is no master branch, and some other branch is set as default
git fetch [remotename]
However you'll need to merge any changes into your local branches. If you're on a branch that's tracking a remote branch on Github, then
git pull
will first do a fetch, and then merge in the tracked branch
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Brad Grissom
If you are using the
git fetch method, you'll also want to fetch tags with git fetch -t. If you're satisfied with the changes (git log HEAD..FETCH_HEAD), you can then merge them in with git merge FETCH_HEAD.This question is very general and there are a couple of assumptions I'll make to simplify it a bit. We'll assume that you want to update your master branch.
If you haven't made any changes locally, you can use git pull to bring down any new commits and add them to your master.
git pull origin master
If you have made changes, and you want to avoid adding a new merge commit, use git pull --rebase.
git pull --rebase origin master
git pull --rebase will work even if you haven't made changes and is probably your best call.
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WillC
Rebase, and the dangers of rebase: atlassian.com/git/tutorials/rewriting-history/git-rebase. Paragraphs 2 and 3 of the "Understanding the dangers of rebase" really make me miss SVN's command set.
With an already-set origin master, you just have to use the below command -
git pull "https://github.com/yourUserName/yourRepo.git"
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Complete Workflow for check out a branch and pull changes from master
Pull all remote branches
git pull --all
List all branches now
git branch -a
Download your branch
git checkout -b
<feature branch name copied from list of branches above>
Shows current branch. Must show <feature branch> with * In front of it
git branch
Checkout changes from master to current branch
git pull origin master
OR checkout any other <feature branch> into current branch
git pull origin
<feature-branch>
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To pull from the default branch, new repositories should use the command:
git pull origin main
Github changed naming convention of default branch from master to main in 2020. https://github.com/github/renaming
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K. hervey
Regardless of GitHub's policy change, main might not be the GitHub default branch. The user can specify a default branch name. If your goal is to pull from the GitHub default branch then there is no need to specify a branch...main, master, or otherwise. "git pull" will act on the default remote and the default branch.
git pull origin master // Change in github, it take effect in local reprository
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git status // to check the status of git files [optional]
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git push -u origin master
git pull origin master // Change in github, it take effect in local reprository. 'Synchronization'
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git clone --branch <branchname> <remote-repo-url>
git clone -b <branchname> <remote-repo-url>
git clone -b main9 https://github.com/subrotoice/test9.git // Working, Here brunch name main9
git push -u origin main9 // Push to main9, Error: if use master as brunch name
git pull origin master // Change in github, it take effect in local reprository
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The first thing you should do is determine which branch you need to pull from GitHub. Borrowing a graphic from the Viewing branches in your repository document from GitHub, you can explore all the available branches by clicking the button that's contained in the red box shown in the graphic below. The label on the button might be main, it might be master - or it might be something else. If it's a relatively simple GitHub site, this button will likely be labeled main or master.
You can click on the "branch button" to expand the list of branches - or go to the bottom of the list and choose View all branches.
If you're still unsure, you can go into your local repository and find the name of your current branch. Most likely this will be the branch you should update from:
$ cd ./mylocalgitrepo
$ git branch --show-current
master # or main, or ...
# alternatively, to see all available branches:
$ git branch
...
Once you've discovered which branch (i.e. the <branch-of-interest>), the rest of the task is fairly trivial:
$ git pull origin <branch-of-interest>
# perhaps: 'git pull origin master', or 'git pull origin main', or ...
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After Git Clone, if want to get the remote branches use
git fetch --all
Then checkout to the branch you want
git checkout the-branch-you-need
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