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Joyce Chidiadi
Joyce Chidiadi
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Posted by Joyce Chidiadi
Joyce Chidiadi
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git pull practice questions

I am adding my repository to the remote as this: git pull origin tommy

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Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
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Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

generally, a pull is a fetch and a merge. * git pull origin master fetches commits from the master branch of the origin remote (into the local origin/master branch), and then it merges origin/master into the branch you currently have checked out.

is your master branch named tommy? Most times the master or main branch is called master by default. if you want to change the name from master to tommy here is how: 

git checkout -b tommy master    # create and switch to the tommy branch
git push -u origin tommy        # push the tommy branch to the remote and track it
git branch -d master              # delete local master
git push --delete origin master   # delete remote master
git remote prune origin           # delete the remote tracking branch

I would stick with a branch called master, that way its easier to understand the branches, and not get confused later on. Most people have two branches, master and develop. that way you know what you have been building and what is the original.