How to learn if my branch is behind the remote repository in Git using command line?

Question

What is the command that I should use in Windows to learn if I am behind the repository?

Answer 1

Simply type

git status

It will tell you how many commits ahead you are:

For "behind", you have to do

git fetch

and then a git status:

Answer 2

First you have to fetch new references from the repository:

git fetch <remote> <branch>

Then using

git status

will tell you how many commits you are behind.