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@@ -295,46 +295,51 @@ is the default.)
 The "pull" command thus performs two operations: it fetches changes
 from a remote branch, then merges them into the current branch.
 
-You can perform the first operation alone using the "git fetch"
-command.  For example, Alice could create a temporary branch just to
-track Bob's changes, without merging them with her own, using:
+When you are working in a small closely knit group, it is not
+unusual to interact with the same repository over and over
+again.  By defining 'remote' repository shorthand, you can make
+it easier:
+
+------------------------------------------------
+$ git remote add bob /home/bob/myrepo
+------------------------------------------------
+
+With this, you can perform the first operation alone using the
+"git fetch" command without merging them with her own branch,
+using:
 
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-$ git fetch /home/bob/myrepo master:bob-incoming
+$ git fetch bob
 -------------------------------------
 
-which fetches the changes from Bob's master branch into a new branch
-named bob-incoming.  Then
+Unlike the longhand form, when Alice fetches from Bob using a
+remote repository shorthand set up with `git remote`, what was
+fetched is stored in a remote tracking branch, in this case
+`bob/master`.  So after this:
 
 -------------------------------------
-$ git log -p master..bob-incoming
+$ git log -p master..bob/master
 -------------------------------------
 
 shows a list of all the changes that Bob made since he branched from
 Alice's master branch.
 
-After examining those changes, and possibly fixing things, Alice
+After examining those changes, Alice
 could merge the changes into her master branch:
 
 -------------------------------------
-$ git checkout master
-$ git merge bob-incoming
+$ git merge bob/master
 -------------------------------------
 
-The last command is a merge from the "bob-incoming" branch in Alice's
-own repository.
-
-Alice could also perform both steps at once with:
+This `merge` can also be done by 'pulling from her own remote
+tracking branch', like this:
 
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-$ git pull /home/bob/myrepo master:bob-incoming
+$ git pull . remotes/bob/master
 -------------------------------------
 
-This is just like the "git pull /home/bob/myrepo master" that we saw
-before, except that it also stores the unmerged changes from bob's
-master branch in bob-incoming before merging them into Alice's
-current branch.  Note that git pull always merges into the current
-branch, regardless of what else is given on the commandline.
+Note that git pull always merges into the current branch,
+regardless of what else is given on the commandline.
 
 Later, Bob can update his repo with Alice's latest changes using