The git pull command is used to fetch and download content from a remote repository and immediately update the local repository to match that content. Merging remote upstream changes into your local repository is a common task in Git-based collaboration work flows.

What do I do after git pull?

To effectively "undo" a git pull , you cannot undo the git fetch - but you can undo the git merge that changed your local working branch. To do this, you will need to git reset to the commit you made before you merged. You can find this commit by searching the git reflog .

Why is git pull bad?

it modifies your working directory in unpredictable ways. pausing what you are doing to review someone else's work is annoying with git pull. it makes it hard to correctly rebase onto the remote branch. it doesn't clean up branches that were deleted in the remote repo.