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This article outlines the differences between the git merge master and git merge origin/master commands. We use both of these commands to integrate changes from the master branch.

The difference lies in when and how to use them, which we will discuss shortly.

We will define each command and go through its workflow. This will help us differentiate between the two.

git merge origin/master command

We use git merge origin/masterthe command to integrate the upstream changes from the master branch into the local branch. The upstream master branch is the master branch in the remote repository .

Let’s look at an example.

To use git merge origin/master, you need to fetch from the remote repository. Suppose our remote master branch is ahead of our local feature branch and we want to update the same, how can we do it?

First, we will run the git fetch command to fetch the changes from the remote repository.

$ git fetch

We can merge the changes from the remote master branch directly into our local feature branch by running the following command.

$ git merge origin/master

It's shorter than the traditional route, which involves pulling in your local master branch checkout, switching to the feature branch, and then merging the two.

git merge master command

In git merge origin/mastercontrast to the command, git merge masterthe command integrates changes from the local master branch. Let's look at an example.

Suppose we have some relevant commits in the master branch that do not exist in our feature branch, how do we introduce these changes?

This is pretty simple; we'll use git merge masterthe command, as shown in the image below.

First, we'll switch to our feature branch.

$ git checkout feature

We can now merge the two branches.

$ git merge master

From the above, we can see git merge origin/masterthat the command is used to integrate changes in the remote mastergit merge master branch, while the command is used to integrate changes in the local master branch.