What is the difference between 'git pull' and 'git pull origin master'? [duplicate]

Answer 1

From the documentation:

https://git-scm.com/docs/git-pull

git pull [] [ […​]]

git-pull - Fetch from and integrate with another repository or a local branch

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Default values for and are read from the "remote" and "merge" configuration for the current branch as set by git-branch[1] --track.

So

1. If your branch is set to "master", then git pull and git pull origin master will do the same thing.

2. If your branch is set to "master", Git pull and git pull origin some-other-branch will be different

3. If your branch is set to "some-other-branch", then Git pull and git pull origin master will be different