I have two branches in git: master and custom_branch.

Somebody added some code to master that I need to use in my custom_branch. I tried this:

git branch custom_branch
git merge master

But when I do that, it says:

Already up-to-date.

But, when I compare master and custom_branch, the changes are still not there. What am I missing?

P.S. I don't want to rebase since other people also use this branch.

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3 Answers

git checkout custom_branch && git rebase master

This will update custom_branch with changes from master branch.

Don't forget to make sure master is up to date first. git pull

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This is also possible with git checkout custom_branch && git merge master

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For an explanation on why the first one is (probably) what you should be using: When do you use git rebase instead of git merge? 2

Answering my own question but to pull changes from upstream's master into my custom branch I did this:

git pull [URL TO UPSTREAM'S REPO] master

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git merge master will update your current branch with the changes from your local master branch, the state of which will be that of when you last pulled while on that branch.

I think this is what you are looking for: git merge origin master

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