[git] Git pull command from different user

I am working with my friend on a project the code of which is on Git. If I need to pull the changes from my friend's machine, can I pull it from my username/password using the following command without any issue?

git pull https://[email protected]/abc/theproject.git

Was looking for the solution of a similar problem. Thanks to the answer provided by Davlet and Cupcake I was able to solve my problem.

Posting this answer here since I think this is the intended question

So I guess generally the problem that people like me face is what to do when a repo is cloned by another user on a server and that user is no longer associated with the repo.

How to pull from the repo without using the credentials of the old user ?

You edit the .git/config file of your repo.

and change

url = https://<old-username>@github.com/abc/repo.git/

to

url = https://<new-username>@github.com/abc/repo.git/

After saving the changes, from now onwards git pull will pull data while using credentials of the new user.

I hope this helps anyone with a similar problem

Your question is a little unclear, but if what you're doing is trying to get your friend's latest changes, then typically what your friend needs to do is to push those changes up to a remote repo (like one hosted on GitHub), and then you fetch or pull those changes from the remote:

1. Your friend pushes his changes to GitHub:

   git push origin <branch>
   

2. Clone the remote repository if you haven't already:

   git clone https://[email protected]/abc/theproject.git
   

3. Fetch or pull your friend's changes (unnecessary if you just cloned in step #2 above):

   git fetch origin
   git merge origin/<branch>
   

   Note that git pull is the same as doing the two steps above:

   git pull origin <branch>
   

See Also

• Pro Git § 2.5 Git Basics - Working with Remotes - Fetching and Pulling from Your Remotes
• Official documentation for git pull