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git-fetch - Download objects and refs from another repository

The git command fetch retrieves changes done in a remote repository.

It will not merge the changes automatically into your local branches, use git pull for this or merge from the origin-branch after doing fetch.

See the man page for full details.

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Git: How to pull a single file from a server repository in Git?

I am working on a site with a server running Git. I am using Git for deployment (not GitHub). This was set up prior to my involvement using a hook method, and I referred to this question and entered the commands below, but it didn't work. How do I…
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How to update a git clone --mirror?

I have created a git repository to mirror a live site (which is a non-bare git repository): git clone --mirror ssh://user@example.com/path/to/repo Now, to keep this mirror clone updated with all changes from its remote origin, which command or…
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Trying to pull files from my Github repository: "refusing to merge unrelated histories"

I'm learning git, and I'm following the Git community book. Previously (long time ago) I made a public repository on Github, with some files. Now I set up a local Git repository on my current computer, and committed some files. Then I added a…
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Git: How to check if a local repo is up to date?

I would like to know if my local repo is up to date (and if not, ideally, I would like to see the changes). How could I check this without doing git fetch or git pull ?
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Git removing upstream from local repository

I am working with a ruby on rails application and I am trying to sync a fork. It is worth mentioning that I am also on a Mac. I committed the following action: $ git remote -v to get a view of my local repository. I messed up when trying to go…
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How Do I 'git fetch' and 'git merge' from a Remote Tracking Branch (like 'git pull')

I have set up some remote tracking branches in git, but I never seem to be able to merge them into the local branch once I have updated them with 'git fetch'. For example, suppose I have remote branch called 'an-other-branch'. I set that up locally…
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git refusing to fetch into current branch

I set up a remote repository and I can push new changes to it, but I cannot fetch from it, I always get the (rather cryptic) error message: fatal: Refusing to fetch into current branch refs/heads/master of non-bare repository fatal: The remote end…
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git fetch origin --prune doesn't delete local branches?

At one point I thought that git fetch origin --prune deleted local branches that were no longer present on the server. Somehow this is not my experience at the moment. I ran this command, and the local branch was not deleted. It is not currently…
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Where to find changes due to `git fetch`

I didn't want to lose some information after a git pull, so I did a git fetch before. Where can I read the new modifications after a git fetch? I went to the FETCH_HEAD file, but there was nothing more than a big number.
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Fetch a single tag from remote repository

This command fetches all tags: git fetch origin --tags This command fetches a specific tag: git fetch origin refs/tags/1.0.0 But that doesn't let me do: git checkout tags/2.3.18 How can I fetch a single tag and then perform a checkout?
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Git merge after fetch - how, exactly?

I've read from various sources that it's usually a better idea to fetch then merge rather than simply pull as it allows for finer control. That said, I've yet to find actually how to do it. Case in point: There was a small change made to some of…
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Having a hard time understanding git-fetch

I am having a hard time understanding the nuances of git-fetch. I understand that doing a fetch, fetches the remote refs into a local tracking branch. I have a few questions though: Can it be possible that a local tracking branch does not exist? If…
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GIT pull error - remote object is corrupted

$ git pull remote: fatal: object 21f3981dd35fccd28febabd96f27241eea856c50 is corrupted error: git upload-pack: git-pack-objects died with error. fatal: git upload-pack: aborting due to possible repository corruption on the remote side. remote:…
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git pull analogous to / opposite of git push -f?

Sometimes, esp. when I'm the only one working on a remote repository, I like rewriting the history with git rebase -i and git push origin master -f. How do I do a forced git pull origin master without a merge? I tried it with the -f option, but that…
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Why is Jenkins failing when fetching from git, while the command line isn't?

All of my Jenkins builds are failing at the git fetch line. It's failing at git fetch --tags --progress git@bitbucket.org:ethenwilson/whentoact.git Started by user anonymous Building in workspace /Users/ethen/.jenkins/workspace/Build NikNik > git…
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