如何从远程仓库拉到远程分支

Question

We use git through visualstudio.com. Each developer has their own branch off master. The usual morning process is:

1. go to XXXXX.visualstudio.com
2. Create pull request from master to my branch.
3. in visual studio on my machine, pull the branch to my machine and start working.

I know i can do step 3 via command line. Is step 2 possible via command line on my pc, ie pull from remote master to remote branch before pulling the remote branch to my machine?

Answer 1

Your workflow is very non standard, and also would be confusing to many seasoned Git users. Here is a better workflow:

# from my_branch
git fetch origin
git merge origin/master

The first git fetch step will update your local tracking branch origin/master with the latest changes from the true remote master branch. Then, also locally, you may merge the latest master into your feature branch, and go from there.