in git how to list the files which needs to be updated from remote repo?

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I would like to see all the files which I'm going to update in my local repo before I do 'git pull'. Is there any way?

I assume that you mean "in my local git workspace", i.e. the files you are working with? rather than your local repo . . . — chad, Oct 24 '13 at 22:30

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 24 '13 at 21:20

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Do a fetch instead of a pull:

git fetch upstream

This will download the changes without putting them into your working directory.

To compare them, do:

git diff HEAD upstream/branchname

Then you can merge them with:

git merge upstream/branchname

answered Oct 24 '13 at 21:20

Thomas Kelley

Which is exactly what git pull does in a single step. – jarodeells Oct 27 '13 at 01:33

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