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The git pull command is used to update your local repository with the latest changes from a remote repository. It combines the git fetch command, which retrieves the changes from the remote repository, and the git merge command, which incorporates those changes into your local working branch.

When you run git pull, Git will automatically fetch the latest commits from the remote repository and try to merge them into your current working branch. If there are conflicts between your local changes and the incoming changes, Git will prompt you to resolve the conflicts manually.

Here is a breakdown of the steps performed by git pull:

1. Git fetches the latest commits from the remote repository.
2. If you have any local changes that have not been committed, Git will first ask you to commit or stash them.
3. Git merges the fetched commits into your local branch, creating a new merge commit if necessary.
4. If there are no conflicts, the local copy of your branch is now up to date with the remote repository.
5. If conflicts occur, Git will pause the merge process and inform you about the conflicting files.
6. You need to manually resolve the conflicts by editing the conflicting files. Git will mark the conflict areas in those files with special markers.
7. After resolving the conflicts, you need to stage the changes and complete the merge operation by running git commit to create a merge commit.

It's important to note that if you're working on a feature branch and want to update the branch with the latest changes from the remote main branch (usually origin/main), you need to switch to your local main branch and run git pull to update the main branch, then switch back to your feature branch and merge the updated main branch into your feature branch using git merge main.