Git Tutorial: Get Update from Remote Repository: git pull

use git pull ‹git server URL›. Example:

cd ~/git/xah_emacs_init         # cd to my git project dir

git pull https://github.com/xahlee/xah_emacs_init.git # pull from a remote repository

This will update your local repository (and working dir) from remote server.

If you have associated a name with a server URL, then you can use the name directly. Examples:

git pull github

git pull googlecode

here's one way.

git fetch --all     # get latest from remote but without merging into local
git reset --hard origin/master  # rid of all local state

here's another way.

# discard local changes
git reset --hard

# delete all untracked local files and dirs. (Dangerous. Be Careful.)
git clean -xdf

git pull ‹remote server or name›