Pull one file from another branch using git

Pull the files from another branch into your branch can be messy. What if you just want to pull one file from another branch? You can easily to like that with the code snippet below

  • git fetch command downloads contents from remote repository
  • git checkout command lets you navigate to another branch
  • git add command adds a change in the working directory to the staging area
  • git commit command captures the state of a project at that point in time

Now you just update one file in your branch without messing with the rest!

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