[[git scenario]] where you would like to [[git pull]] changes from the other branch directly into your current branch. The long path of pulling in changes from the `other` branch to the `current` one is: ```bash git checkout <other> git pull git checkout <current> git merge <other> ``` Which includes additional usage of [[git checkout]] and [[git merge]]. But can can simply do: [^1] ```bash git pull origin <other> ``` [^1]: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-pull