Complete Git Guide: Understand and Master Git and GitHub - Git Pull Two-Step Process

The video tutorial explains the Git pull command, which combines fetching and merging updates from a remote repository into a local branch. It covers prerequisites like having a local tracking branch and understanding merge processes. The tutorial details the two-step process of Git pull, involving fetching updates and merging them locally. It also introduces the concept of 'fetch head' and discusses different merge techniques, such as fast forward and three-way merge. The video concludes with a reminder that Git pull updates only the currently checked-out branch.

What is the first requirement to perform a Git pull?

Explain the two-step process that Git pull performs.

Describe the role of Fetch head in the Git pull process.

What happens to the local branch after a successful Git merge?

Why does Git pull only update the currently checked out local branch?