Check if pull needed in Git

Question

How do I check whether the remote repository has changed and I need to pull?

Now I use this simple script:

git pull --dry-run | grep -q -v \'Already          


        

Answer 1

You can also find a Phing script who does that now.

I needed a solution to update my production environments automatically and we're very happy thanks to this script that I'm sharing.

The script is written in XML and needs Phing.