merge master into dev branch code example

Example 1: merge master to dev branch

1. //pull the latest changes of current development branch if any        
git pull (current development branch)

2. //switch to master branch
git checkout master 

3. //pull all the changes if any
git pull

4. //Now merge development into master    
git merge development

5. //push the master branch
git push origin master

Example 2: git merge master into branch

# 2. merge feature branch to origin/master branch
$ git checkout master
$ git pull origin/master

$ git merge feature
$ git push origin/master

Example 3: merge master to a branch

git checkout feature1
git merge master