Re: fetch and pull

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"John Dlugosz" <JDlugosz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Here is what I'm "cooking":
>
> ======excerpt======
>
> To keep apprised of other people's work, including updates to the main
> dev branch, start the day with:
>
> 	git fetch
>
> This will update your "remote tracking branches", letting you see what
> everyone else is working on, and letting you see the central
> repository's dev (as remotes/origin/dev) compared to your own local dev,
> so you can see what has been added.
>
> This does not change your local dev, or any other branches you are
> using.  As for your own topic branches, you are the only one who changes
> them.  This is a perfectly safe command and can be performed any time to
> update your view of what's happening throughout the team.
> You will, in particular, see your local dev where you last left it, and
> the current remotes/origin/dev pointing ahead of it.  E.g.
>
> 	A <== dev
> 	 \
> 	  B--C--D <== remotes/origin/dev
>
> In this example, you see plain "dev" still pointing to A, and
> "remotes/origin/dev" pointing to D.  So, you can tell that B, C, D were
> added.  Review the nodes B, C, and D, by reading the comments and seeing
> which files were affected, and look deeper if it seems to affect what
> you are doing.  Finally, issue the command
>
> 	??? 
>
> And this will update your local dev to match the origin.
>
> ======

I already answered that question in a separate message (that is
different from what you are replying to), didn't I?
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