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I'm starting to play with Git now and I'm a little bit confused. For me, looks like there are a lot of options to do the same thing. My question for now is what is the difference between the commands below:
Also which one is more applicable for update a local copy of a remote branch?
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git fetch is the command that tells your local git to retrieve the latest meta-data info from the original (yet doesn't do any file transferring. It's more like just checking to see if there are any changes available). git pull on the other hand does that AND brings (copy) those changes from the remote repository.
Git fetch fetches the required information only to the local repository. Git pull fetches the required information not only to the local repository but also to the workspace that you are currently working in.
git pull is a Git command used to update the local version of a repository from a remote. It is one of the four commands that prompts network interaction by Git. By default, git pull does two things. Updates the remote tracking branches for all other branches.
When comparing Git pull vs fetch, Git fetch is a safer alternative because it pulls in all the commits from your remote but doesn't make any changes to your local files. On the other hand, Git pull is faster as you're performing multiple actions in one – a better bang for your buck.
git fetch will update only the branch you're on, but not merge any changes in. git pull will update and merge any remote changes of the current branch you're on. This would be the one you use to update a local branch.
git pull will update and merge any remote changes of the current branch you're on. This would be the one you use to update a local branch. Show activity on this post. Not sure about the git remote update, but git pull is the git fetch followed automatically by a git merge...
After opening the Fuzzy Finder, you can simply type fetch to begin a Git fetch, or pull to initiate a Git pull. Auto-Fetch Changes with GitKraken GitKraken includes a convenient feature that allows you to automatically fetch changes from a remote repository based on an interval you define.
You can perform a pull by using the command “git pull <remote>” which retrieves the remote copy of the branch and merges it with your local copy. This is exactly same as using the command “git fetch <remote>” followed by “git merge <remote>”. Basically git pull is git fetch followed by git merge.
git remote update will update all of your branches set to track remote ones, but not merge any changes in.
git fetch will update only the branch you're on, but not merge any changes in.
git pull will update and merge any remote changes of the current branch you're on. This would be the one you use to update a local branch.
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