git - Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by 1 commit after pull

Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by 1 commit (or X commits) after git pull origin master.

The sequence:

• Have up-to-date repository
• There is a change in the origin/master
• Do git pull origin master
• Change is received and merged
• git status shows “Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by 1 commit.”

The reason is because during “pull origin master” reference to the remote origin/master is not changed (still points to older version).

To check this:

git diff origin/master

It will show the difference - it should be the last master change.

To fix this exacute:

git fetch origin

This will update git links to remotes.

If you have this situation then you probably wanted to do just git pull instead of git pull origin master.

Links

Stackoverflow: 'git pull origin mybranch' leaves local mybranch N commits ahead of origin. Why?

Git repo on a machine with zero commits is ahead of remote by 103 commits.. !

Quora: Git (revision control): What are the differences between "git pull", "git pull origin master", and "git pull origin/master"?

Stackoverflow: Differences between git pull origin master & git pull origin/master

Stackoverflow: Why do I have to push the changes I just pulled from origin in Git?