working copy is on master branch, how to update from remote server?

Question

My working copy is on master branch, how to update from remote server?

Say I working locally on my own custom branch, but I want to update the master with the remote branch, how would I do that?

Answer 1

git pull origin master

Or if instead of pulling into your local branch, you just wanted to update the branches you have locally that track origin:

git fetch

or

git remote update

if you're tracking multiple remote servers and want to update them all at once.

Answer 2

It's not clear from your description that you understand the difference between "master" (a local branch) and "origin/master" (the master of the origin remote). It's also not clear which you want to update. A simple "git fetch origin" will update "origin/master" to reflect the upstream, but you can't change the local "master" until you check it out.