[PATCH v6 4/4] gitfaq: fetching and pulling a repository

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Add an issue in 'Common Issues' section which addresses the confusion
between performing a 'fetch' and a 'pull'.

Helped-by: Elijah Newren <newren@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/gitfaq.txt | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt
index 5dfbb32089..53e3844374 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt
@@ -255,6 +255,14 @@ way of cloning it in lesser space?::
 	presumes that the user has an always-on network connection to the
 	original repository).  See linkgit:partial-clone[1].
 
+[[fetching-and-pulling]]
+How do I know if I want to do a fetch or a pull?::
+	A fetch stores a copy of the latest changes from the remote
+	repository, without modifying the working tree or current branch.
+	You can then at your leisure inspect, merge, rebase on top of, or
+	ignore the upstream changes.  A pull consists of a fetch followed
+	immediately	by either a merge or rebase.  See linkgit:git-pull[1].
+
 Hooks
 -----
 
-- 
2.26.2




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