git - new user trying to do pull and getting some confusing messages
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Solution
I think you missed the name of the remote when pulling:
git pull <remote> my_branch_name
Run this command:
git remote -v
And check what is the name of the remote you want to pull from
EDIT:
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Problem
I am pretty new to git. I have been primarily checking stuff into a repository, but now I want to get the latest changes from another developer. I tried to simply do a command like `git pull` something ran, but it came back with a message like this: ``` There is no tracking information for the current branch. Please specify which branch you want to merge with. See git-pull(1) for details git pull <remote> <branch> If you wish to set tracking information for this branch you can do so with: git branch --set-upstream develop origin/<branch> ``` So then I did `git pull my_branch_name` and it came back with this: ``` fatal: 'develop' does not appear to be a git repository fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly ``` but I had done `git checkout my_branch` right before that. Could someone please let me know what I did wrong and how I can simply get the latest files that had been checked in? Thanks!