git sync [--all]

The sync command ("synchronize this branch") updates the local Git workspace with what happened in the rest of the repository.

  • pulls new commits for the current branch from its tracking and ancestor branches
  • downloads new Git tags
  • deletes the local branch if its tracking branch was deleted at the remote and the local branch doesn't contain unshipped changes
  • local branches checked out in other Git worktrees don't get synced

Arguments

The --all parameter makes Git Town sync all local branches instead just the current one.

The --dry-run parameter allows to test-drive this command. It prints the Git commands that would be run but doesn't execute them.

Configuration

sync-perennial-strategy configures whether perennial branches merge their tracking branch or rebase against it.

sync-feature-strategy configures whether feature branches merge their parent and tracking branches or rebase against them.

If the repository contains a Git remote called upstream and the sync-upstream setting is enabled, Git Town also downloads new commits from the upstream main branch.