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gitfaq: fetching and pulling a repository

Add an issue in 'Common Issues' section which addresses the confusion
between performing a 'fetch' and a 'pull'.

Helped-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Shourya Shukla 5 years ago committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -223,6 +223,14 @@ a file checked into the repository which is a template or set of defaults which @@ -223,6 +223,14 @@ a file checked into the repository which is a template or set of defaults which
can then be copied alongside and modified as appropriate. This second, modified
file is usually ignored to prevent accidentally committing it.

[[fetching-and-pulling]]
How do I know if I want to do a fetch or a pull?::
A fetch stores a copy of the latest changes from the remote
repository, without modifying the working tree or current branch.
You can then at your leisure inspect, merge, rebase on top of, or
ignore the upstream changes. A pull consists of a fetch followed
immediately by either a merge or rebase. See linkgit:git-pull[1].

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