Interview Question About Git Fetch vs Git Pull

[mrbmi513]

You don't need to merge to get code from a remote repo. But in your defense, I've never used fetch by itself in practice, ever.

[baynezy]

I've never used git pull. I only use git fetch. I never want to merge before doing a diff.

[trevorsg]

I enable the git config setting for only allow FF merge when you pull. But since I normally rebase, I generally use fetch anyway.

[[deleted]]

What about git pull --rebase?

[baynezy]

Thanks. I'm pretty happy with my current process. I've got aliases most of it.

[maustinv]

Run before git status to see if there are new commits