Pulling changes from GitHub involves a few steps:
Fetch Changes: First, we fetch the changes from the remote repository with the command git fetch origin. This command gets the latest changes from the 'origin' remote, but it doesn't merge them into our local branch.
Check Changes: We can check what changes have been made on the remote repository by using the command git diff main origin/main. This command shows the differences between our local 'main' branch and the 'main' branch on the remote repository.
Pull Changes: If we're happy with the changes, we can merge them into our local branch with the command git pull origin main. This command fetches the changes from the 'origin' remote and merges them into our local 'main' branch.
Pull from a specific branch
If we want to pull from a specific branch, we can do so with the command
where <branch-name> is the name of the branch we want to pull from.
Pull all branches
If we want to pull all branches from the remote repository, we can use the command
And that's it! We've successfully pulled the latest changes from GitHub into our local repository. Now, our local code is up-to-date with the code on GitHub.