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<li>
<p>return to <code>master</code>, ready to see what&#8217;s new</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><code>git pull</code> fetches from <code>origin</code> by default and merges into the
current branch.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>immediately after pulling, look at the changes done upstream
since last time we checked, only in the
area we are interested in.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>check the branch names in an external repository (if not known).</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>fetch from a specific branch <code>ALL</code> from a spec