Updating a local repository with changes from a GitHub repository

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Tom picture Tom · Sep 18, 2009 · Viewed 1M times · Source

I've got a project checked locally from GitHub, and that remote repository has since had changes made to it. What's the correct command to update my local copy with the latest changes?

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James Healy picture James Healy · Sep 18, 2009

Probably:

git pull origin master

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