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How to git fetch from a central remote repository?

I'm new to Git and I'm a little confused how to use "git fetch"

I have a central repository that I access using SSH, I have created a repository using git clone, just like this:

$ cd /my/local/repotest
$ git clone ssh://[email protected]/var/github/repotest .

Now other developer have pushed some new files to the central repo in "somedomain.com"

My question is, how can I fetch the new files and changes via command line?

Solution

  • To use a another repository you need to define some "remotes". You add them to your .git/config file like so:

    [remote "origin"]
url = ssh://server.hostname.com/home/me/git/myrepo
fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*

    Once your cloned repo has these, you can push or pull changes like so:

    git pull origin 
git push origin

    See also git help remote and git help pull. I also find github's help pages quite helpful.