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Re: pull into dirty working tree

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Bill Lear <rael@zopyra.com>
Date
Jun 13, 2007, 15:36 UTC
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On Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at 17:03:58 (+0200) MichaelTiloDressel@t-online.de writes:
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>Hi,
>
>why don't they just do a simple 
>git commit -a
>of their work before pulling?

Because they are basically playing with some code and don't want to commit it.

>That's different to cvs! Committing only affects the cloned repository.
Yup, we realize that.
>I think one of the biggest advantages of git is the concept of everyone
>working on a clone. So developers are not prevented from actually using
>revision control just because they are afraid of disturbing others. They
>don't until they e.g. push!

Right, but they just want updates to their working tree, as they could do under CVS, without issuing five (or even one) other commands.

Bill
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  2. Bill LearJun 13, 2007
  3. Michael DresselJun 13, 2007
  4. Bill LearJun 13, 2007
  5. Johannes SchindelinJun 13, 2007
  6. Bill LearJun 13, 2007
  7. Robin RosenbergJun 13, 2007
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