How to check for changes on remote (origin) git repository?
- by Lernkurve
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.
