You can learn more about tracking connections in our free online book. This means that, if a tracking connection has been set up, you can simply omit naming the remote repository and branch: $ git pull This configuration provides default values so that the pull command already knows where to pull from without any additional options.

A more elaborate fix that’s worked for some users is this: Open a Command Prompt window as administrator, then enter the following command: wpr - cancel. In most cases, your local HEAD branch will already have a proper tracking connection set up with a remote branch. In Steam, click Steam at the top left -> Settings -> Downloads then select your Download Region from in the dropdown menu and click OK. $ git fetch origin Using the Plain git pull Command If you don't want to integrate new changes directly, then you can instead use git fetch: this will only download new changes, but leave your HEAD branch and working copy files untouched. By default, this integration will happen through a 'merge', but you can also choose a 'rebase': $ git pull origin master -rebase Cache When the updater stops responding, it. It will also directly integrate them into your local HEAD branch. Origin updater issues Sometimes, when the Origin updater is busy updating the client, it can stop responding. Using git pull (and git pull origin master is no exception) will not only download new changes from the remote repository.