git pull on a different branch

I found an incantation that worked for me:

git fetch origin master:master

then (if you want to merge right away):

git merge master

I was really surprised how hard it was to find an answer to this since it seems like it would be a common use case.

Related Posts:

  1. Handling file renames in Git
  2. Why are there two ways to unstage a file in Git?
  3. ‘git’ is not recognized as an internal or external command
  4. ‘git’ is not recognized as an internal or external command
  5. How to remove origin from git repository
  6. What’s the purpose of git-mv?
  7. git : Pull is not possible because you have unmerged files
  8. Why git asks to enter a commit message to explain why this merge is necessary
  9. How do I remove version tracking from a project cloned from git?
  10. How do I remove version tracking from a project cloned from git?
  11. Download a specific tag with Git
  12. Git push won’t do anything (everything up-to-date)
  13. git add . -> still “nothing to commit” with new files
  14. git submodule add error: does not have a commit checked out
  15. Git error on git pull (unable to update local ref)
  16. git status shows modifications, git checkout — doesn’t remove them
  17. How to resolve git’s “not something we can merge” error
  18. How to clone all remote branches in Git
  19. Update Git branches from master
  20. How to squash all git commits into one?
  21. How to interactively (visually) resolve conflicts in SourceTree / git
  22. How can I delete all of my Git stashes at once?
  23. git add only modified changes and ignore untracked files
  24. Remove node_modules from git in vscode
  25. What’s the use of the staging area in Git?
  26. git push –force-with-lease vs. –force
  27. How can I move a tag on a git branch to a different commit?
  28. What firewall ports need to be open to allow access to external git repositories?
  29. How do I prevent apache from serving the .git directory?
  30. how to set the background color of the status bar during the launching phase [duplicate]
  31. What is a MIME type?
  32. What does ‘–set-upstream’ do?
  33. What does ‘–set-upstream’ do?
  34. How is the AND/OR operator represented as in Regular Expressions?
  35. How to open a “-” dashed filename using terminal?
  36. How do I rename a local Git branch?
  37. How do I revert a Git repository to a previous commit?
  38. How to revert multiple git commits?
  39. How do I fix a Git detached head?
  40. Error ORA-00054 resource busy and acquire with NOWAIT specified or timeout expired in oracle11g
  41. Where to get php_mcrypt.dll for PHP 7.2?
  42. Git – Ignore node_modules folder everywhere
  43. How to pull from one remote branch to another branch in git?
  44. Git: cannot do a partial commit during a merge (SourceTree)
  45. How to convert .crt cetificate file to .pfx
  46. Hard reset of a single file
  47. Manually create a pyspark dataframe
  48. How to remove remote origin from a Git repository
  49. Couchbase query using “\uefff” break the next conditional keys
  50. How do you loop in a Windows batch file?
  51. Android Completely transparent Status Bar?
  52. How to sign-extend a number in Verilog
  53. How to draw a checkmark / tick using CSS?
  54. c array – warning: format not a string literal
  55. How can I add numbers in a Bash script?
  56. Swift protocols: method does not override any method from its superclass
  57. What is index.js used for in node.js projects?
  58. Reference Error: moment is not defined (Using moment.js)
  59. Git’s local repository and remote repository — confusing concepts
  60. What should be hadoop.tmp.dir ?
  61. How does DHT in torrents work?
  62. C++ undefined reference to WinMain@16 (Code::Blocks)
  63. How can I see which Git branches are tracking which remote / upstream branch?
  64. Git error: “Host Key Verification Failed” when connecting to remote repository
  65. python 3.x ImportError: No module named ‘cStringIO’
  66. error: unknown type name ‘bool’
  67. git undo all uncommitted or unsaved changes
  68. How can I enable Assembly binding logging?
  69. How to create a local branch from an existing remote branch?
  70. VBScript to send email without running Outlook
  71. Why is Node.js scalable?
  72. Migrating data between local and development server
  73. What is the usual process of saving changes made at the CMS level into source control?
  74. How should I be handling my theme version numbering?
  75. Follow author on muti-user WordPress site
  76. How do I deal with a compromised server?
  77. Something is burning in the server room; how can I quickly identify what it is?
  78. Finding out what user Apache is running as?
  79. Do systemd unit files have to be reloaded when modified?
  80. What is a glue record?
  81. How do I convert a .cer certificate to .pem?
  82. Run Oracle SQL script and exit from sqlplus.exe via command prompt
  83. Show full process name in top
  84. How do you do load testing and capacity planning for web sites?
  85. What is a good SSH server to use on Windows? [closed]
  86. In systemd, what’s the difference between After= and Requires=?
  87. Windows Server restart / shutdown history
  88. How do I set the global PATH environment variable on OS X?
  89. nmap find all alive hostnames and IPs in LAN
  90. Should CNAME Be Used For Subdomains?
  91. How do I create user accounts from the Terminal in Mac OS X 10.5?
  92. How to get a .pem file from ssh key pair?
  93. How to inspect remote SMTP server’s TLS certificate?
  94. Choosing between meaningful and meaningless hostnames [closed]
  95. logrotating files in a directories and its subdirectories
  96. Multiple TXT fields for same subdomain
  97. How to restart Nginx on Mac OS X?
  98. Do SPF Records For Primary Domain apply to subdomains?
  99. Why is the response on localhost so slow?
  100. apache2: Could not reliably determine the server’s fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName

Leave a Comment