The answer to #1 is slightly incorrect. git fetch does download all the changes from the remote, but unlike git pull it does not incorporate them in your local branch.
Ah, I see. Thanks for clarifying. I recently saw a diagram that describes git pull as git fetch + git merge. That makes it easier for me to distinguish the two.
Not only can it be described as such, it is exactly that. From the git pull doc page:
"In its default mode, git pull is shorthand for git fetch followed by git merge FETCH_HEAD."
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The answer to #1 is slightly incorrect.
git fetchdoes download all the changes from the remote, but unlikegit pullit does not incorporate them in your local branch.Ah, I see. Thanks for clarifying. I recently saw a diagram that describes
git pullasgit fetch+git merge. That makes it easier for me to distinguish the two.Not only can it be described as such, it is exactly that. From the
git pulldoc page:"In its default mode,
git pullis shorthand forgit fetchfollowed bygit merge FETCH_HEAD."