To fetch changes from a specific remote branch in Git, you can use the git fetch command followed by the remote name and the branch name. Here’s a step-by-step guide:
1. Open your terminal and navigate to your local Git repository.
2. Fetch from the remote branch:
Use the following command:
git fetch <remote-name> <remote-branch-name>
Replace <remote-name> with the name of the remote (commonly origin) and <remote-branch-name> with the name of the specific branch you want to fetch.
For example, to fetch changes from the feature-branch of the remote named origin, you would run:
git fetch origin feature-branch
3. Check for changes:
After fetching, you can see what changes were brought in by using:
git log ..origin/feature-branch
This command will show the commits in origin/feature-branch that are not in your current branch.
If you also want to integrate the fetched changes into your current branch, you can merge or rebase after fetching. For example, to merge the changes:
git merge origin/feature-branch
Or if you prefer rebasing:
git rebase origin/feature-branch
Additional Notes:
- The git fetch command only downloads the changes and does not apply them to your current branch. You will need to perform an additional step (merge or rebase) to integrate those changes.
- To view all remote branches, you can use:
git branch -r
This command will list all the branches available on the remote repository.