git pull on a different branch

Question

If I\'m working on a branch and then realize I need to merge another branch into mine here is my current workflow (for this example lets say that I\'m working on my-branch and w

Answer 1

I found an incantation that worked for me:

git fetch origin master:master

then (if you want to merge right away):

git merge master

I was really surprised how hard it was to find an answer to this since it seems like it would be a common use case.