How do you get git to always pull from a specific branch?

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Under [branch "master"], try adding the following to the repo’s Git config file (.git/config):

[branch "master"]
    remote = origin
    merge = refs/heads/master

This tells Git 2 things:

  1. When you’re on the master branch, the default remote is origin.
  2. When using git pull on the master branch, with no remote and branch specified, use the default remote (origin) and merge in the changes from the remote master branch.

I’m not sure why this setup would’ve been removed from your configuration, though. You may have to follow the suggestions that other people have posted, too, but this may work (or help at least).

If you don’t want to edit the config file by hand, you can use the command-line tool instead:

$ git config branch.master.remote origin
$ git config branch.master.merge refs/heads/master

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