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 `pull`. This saves us from memorizing all the remote repositories we are working
 with and thus makes life a little easier for us.
 
+Traveling without moving
+------------------------
+
+Sometimes we don't actually want to `push` or `pull` but rather just want to see
+what would happen if we were to do either of these operations. One of these
+situations might be that we want to know what changes we have that do not exist
+in the remote repository that we want to `push` to, or the set changes we would
+`pull` in from another repository. Both `pull` and `push` offer a `--dry-run`
+flag to suppress the effects of the actual operation. When we issue a command
+using the `--dry-run` flag it will only report the actions it *would* do without
+actually performing them.
+
+```
+$ darcs pull --dry-run raichoo@hub.darcs.net:darcs-fish
+Would pull from "raichoo@hub.darcs.net:darcs-fish"...
+Would pull the following changes:
+patch 0dd46bd7a710d66136d7293b667984bdaffb1509
+Author: raichoo@example.com
+Date:   Mon Jun 18 12:31:32 CEST 2018
+  * display move
+
+Making no changes: this is a dry run.
+```
+
+You can see that there is one change in the remote repository that I do not have
+in my local copy yet. I can now decide if I really want to `pull` this change or
+not.
+
+Instead of using `--dry-run` you can of course always say `no` to all of the
+changes when the  interactive prompt asks you if you would like to pull them in.
+Whether you prefer this or `--dry-run` is totally up to you.
+
+As a side note, the `--dry-run` flag is supported by other commands as well, it
+is a common way to tell an operation that it should only show me what its
+intentions are rather than actually performing an action. You can check the help
+section of the individual commands to find out of they support this flag.
+
 Annotate
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