git pull and git fetch are two different commands in Git that are often confused with each other.
GIT Pull = git fetch + git merge
git pull is a command that fetches the latest changes from the remote repository and merges them into the local branch in one step. This means that git pull performs both a git fetch and a git merge operation. It updates the local branch with the changes from the remote branch, and merges any new changes into the local branch.
GIT Fetch
git fetch is a command that downloads the latest changes from the remote repository and updates the local repository. However, it does not merge the changes into the local branch. Instead, it updates the remote branch references in the local repository so that you can see the latest changes made to the remote repository.
In summary, git pull downloads the latest changes and merges them into the local branch in one step, while git fetch only downloads the latest changes and updates the local repository without merging them into the local branch. This means that git pull can cause conflicts if there are changes made to the local branch that conflict with the changes made to the remote branch, while git fetch does not have this problem as it only updates the local repository without changing the local branch.
