Top "Pull" questions

In distributed version control, pull or fetch is the action of transferring remote changes into a local repository.

How to change fetch URL of a git repository.

I have a github profile and I forked someone's repository into mine. and locally I have cloned this repository using …

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How to git pull while ignoring the local changes?

As I am trying to pull some changes from origin/master, I am getting this error : error: Your local changes …

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Show progress of Mercurial push/pull

Is it possible to get Mercurial to show progress of long-running push or pull operation? Google tells me basically "no", …

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Pull request from a different repository

I didn't know how forks and clones work. So in order to copy someone else's repo and work on it, …

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Git How to: pull diff between branches

I would like to download the files that are the difference between two branches into a local folder. Is it …

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Mercurial command to combine hg pull; hg up

How can I combine the Mercurial commands hg pull and hg update into one?

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How do I hook a git pull on the remote?

Is there a way to hook when a git pull happens on the remote (similar to a pre-receive or post-receive). …

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