title: git pulling FROM a specific branch TO a specific branch
body: <p>We are using a github repo as our "central repository".</p>
  
  <p>We are planning to have multiple coders working on the staging server in the following manner:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Coders work on a separate branch on their local repo;</li>
  <li>Coders push changes to github; and then</li>
  <li>Coders pull updates from github to server repo</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>So, in practice, on Step 3, coders will run the following on the staging repo:</p>
  
  <p><code>git checkout coderA-updates</code><br />
  <code>git pull origin coderA-updates</code><br />
  <code>git checkout master</code></p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to update a specific branch without having to <code>git checkout</code> it first?</p>
  
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  <p>TLDR:
  How do you do something like <code>git pull origin remoteBranch localBranch</code> without having to switch active branches?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks :)</p>