Is there a “git pull --dry-run” option in Git?

Question

Is there such a thing as git pull --dry-run to see how stuff will be merged before it messes up my working tree?

Right now I am doing:

git f         


        

Answer 1

You can get the effect you want by creating a new throw-away branch from your current one and doing the git pull there. If you're unhappy with the results, the original branch is intact.