How to check for changes on remote (origin) git repository?
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Question
What are the Git commands to do the following workflow?
Scenario: I cloned from a repository and did some commits of my own to my local repository. In the meantime, my colleagues did commits to the remote repository. Now, I want to:
Check whether there are any new commits from other people on the remote repository, i.e. "origin"?
Say there were 3 new commits on the remote repository since mine last pull, I would like to diff the remote repository's commits, i.e. HEAD~3 with HEAD~2, HEAD~2 with HEAD~1 and HEAD~1 with HEAD.
After knowing what changed remotely, I want to get the latest commits from the others.
My findings so far
For step 2: I know the caret notation HEAD^, HEAD^^ etc. and the tilde notation HEAD ~2, HEAD~3 etc.
For step 3: That is, I guess, just a git pull.
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