Differences between git pull origin master git pull origin master

Question

What is the difference between git pull origin master and git pull origin/master ?

Answer 1

To answer your question, the git pull origin master will pull changes from the origin remote, master branch and merge them to the locally checked-out branch. However, the git pull origin/master will pull changes from the locally stored branch origin/master and merge that to the local checked-out branch. The origin/master branch is nothing but a "cached copy" of what was last pulled from origin, which is why it's called a remote branch in the git parlance. This can be interpreted as being somewhat confusing but nevertheless, you can see what branches are available with git branch and git branch -r to see the "remote branches".