Learn about Git and version control setup, Git config, commits, branching, resolving merge conflicts, and key commands like Git pull, Git rebase, and Git stash for seamless workflows.

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This comprehensive course is your ultimate guide to learning Git and version control. You’ll start with the basics of Git version control, such as setting up your Git config and running basic terminal commands like the echo command. Then, you’ll explore GitHub as a development platform and understand Git snapshots.

You’ll advance your skills by creating and managing Git commits, undoing changes with Git undo commit, and reviewing your project’s history using Git logs. You’ll also tackle branching—learn how to rename or delete branches and confidently resolve Git merge conflicts. Additionally, you’ll master repository management with Git commands and organize changes using Git checkout, Git stash, and more.

After completing this course, you’ll be ready to use Git commands in your projects—a career-boosting skill for every software developer.

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# The `git fetch` command
`git fetch` is used to download the updated changes from a remote repository. If you are working in a collaborative environment and want to see how other people might have updated the remote repository between now and the last time you viewed it, you will need to use the `git fetch` command.

The benefit of `git fetch` is that it merely downloads the latest changes and does not affect your local codebase and updates. The `git fetch` command is useful if you want to know how the remote repository has changed but don't want those changes to alter your local setup.


For example, let's say you are working on the master branch, and in the meantime, other collaborators have made a few changes to the remote repository. You want to take a look at those changes but don't want them to interfere with your branch just yet. Therefore, you can use the following command:
```
git fetch origin
```

`origin`, in this case, is the name of the remote repository. You will be able to view the updated commit history and the latest commits as well. 

> You can switch over to the fetched branch using the `git checkout origin/master` command. 

Once you’ve decided to merge those changes with your local master branch, you can use the following command:
```
git merge origin/master
``` 
The `git merge origin/master` command will make sure that the latest changes in the remote branch are merged with the local version of the branch as well.

Here is a visual representation so you can form a better mental model of what happens when you fetch a branch from a remote repository:

Let’s take a look at the git fetch command in this lesson.

Introduction to Git

Git Config

Git Branch

Git merge

GitHub

Git Rebase

Git Fetch

The `git fetch` command

Git Fetch

The git fetch command

The `git fetch` command