What is the difference between pull and clone in git?

Question

What is the difference between doing (after mkdir repo and cd repo):

git init
git remote add origin git://github.com/cmcculloh/repo         


        

Answer 1

Miss Clone: I get a fresh copy to local.

Mr Pull: I already have it locally, I just update it.

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Miss Clone: I can do what you do! You are just my subset.

Mr Pull: Ditto!

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Miss Clone: No, you don't create. This is what I do:

1. Create empty bare repository
2. Populate remote-tracking branches
3. Run git fetch without arguments

You only do #3, and then you merge, which I do not need to do(mine is fresh).

Mr Pull: Smarty pants, no big deal, I will do a "git init" first! Then we are the same. Plus I have the extra 'merge' capability on existing repo! Which makes me the most used command in Git ;)

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Git creators: Hold your horses Mr Pull, if --bare or --mirror is used with clone or init, your merge won't happen. It remains read-only.