You can do either. Or both if you really want. $ git ls-remote From https://github.com/cyaninc/git-fat.git 4c86c39bb5fca55a692d11680ed62fd5cb18392

You can do either. Or both if you really want. $ git ls-remote From https://github.com/cyaninc/git-fat.git 4c86c39bb5fca55a692d11680ed62fd5cb183921 refs/pull/14/head cb850f9d0bd09f8bb903e1c5959cef24ceb51695 refs/pull/14/merge The merge ref is what the code would be if you merged it.