Difference between TortoiseGit Git Sync and Pull?

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I am comming from a SVN environment and I am exploring Git with TortoiseGit.

When I right-click a 'checked-out' Git repository, I can perform a Git Sync command, but also a Pull command.

What is the difference between those two functions precisely?

See documentation https://tortoisegit.org/docs/tortoisegit/tgit-dug-sync.html — Michael Freidgeim, Mar 07 '21 at 22:23

score 24 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 28 '13 at 17:16

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TortoiseGit Sync Dialog can perform multiple synchronization operations in one dialog, including

pull (or fetch or ...)
push
submodule update

"Sync" is not a Git concept, it is unique to TortoiseGit only!

TortoiseGit Pull Dialog only performs pull operations, but it has more advanced options for the users to choose.

edited Oct 28 '13 at 17:16

Mark Lakata

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answered Nov 26 '12 at 01:43

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I think sync is now part of git: -- https://git-scm.com/docs/git-submodule – Jess Aug 02 '17 at 13:24
Tortoise's "git sync..." dialog includes much more than just a submodule sync, which is what git's "sync" command is for. The dialog is a central control panel for selecting multiple operations all in one place. – Suncat2000 Feb 15 '18 at 13:17

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 23 '12 at 17:50

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I haven't TortoiseGit, but, from mind: Pull is unidirectional data-transfer (from remote to local), Sync (as it written) is bidirectional (pull+push) and publish local changes into remote

answered Nov 23 '12 at 17:50

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