Pull in SourceTree

The pull command in Git/Source Tree is used to get the changes (commits) from remote repository to the local repositories, the changes are fetched and merged with the local working folder.

Pull can be done on a specific branch or on all the branches, by selecting the appropriate option. Use the following steps to pull the latest details (commits) from a remote branch to the local working folder using Source tree.

Getting the latest files from the remote repository

Changes made by other users will be pushed to the remote repository, you might want to get the latest version before you start working so that you will not have to merge your changes at a later point in time. Use the following steps to pull latest changes pushed by other users from the remote repository.

Pull changes from a remote repository using Git Bash

The pull command is used to get the latest from the remote repository to the local working copy, the pull command pulls changes committed and pushed by the other users to the local working copy. It is advisable to pull changes before starting to make changes in the local copy this will help to avoid merging changes made by other users later when we want to push our changes to the remote repository.

Use the following steps to pull changes from the remote repository to the local working folder.