git pull a file code example

Example 1: git pull one file

git checkout origin/master -- path/to/file
// git checkout <local repo name (default is origin)>/<branch name> -- path/to/file will checkout the particular file from the downloaded changes (origin/master).

Example 2: how to git pull origin master

git pull origin

Example 3: git pull

#Basic command, get changes of current branch to remote repo
git pull
#When working with others, I usually stash my local changes
#before pulling in order to avoid conflict commits.
git stash
git pull 
git stash pop #Reapply my local changes, eventually merge confl