Pull

Workflow

1. Verify git status is clean or commit/stash changes before merging.
2. Ensure rerere is enabled locally:
   • git config rerere.enabled true
   • git config rerere.autoupdate true
3. Confirm remotes and branches:
   • Ensure the origin remote exists.
   • Ensure the current branch is the one to receive the merge.
4. Fetch latest refs:
   • git fetch origin
5. Sync the remote feature branch first:
   • git pull --ff-only origin $(git branch --show-current)
   • This pulls branch updates made remotely (for example, a GitHub auto-commit) before merging origin/main.
6. Merge in order:
   • Prefer git -c merge.conflictstyle=zdiff3 merge origin/main for clearer