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Re: git pull w/o checkout?

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MKMatthias Kestenholz <lists@spinlock.ch>
Date
Jun 22, 2006, 13:11 UTC
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* Kumar Gala (galak@kernel.crashing.org) wrote:
> I trying to see if there is a way to get the effect of a git-pull w/o  
> getting the checked out files.
> 
> Any ideas?

Do you want to fetch remote changes without merging them into your working tree? If you, "git fetch" is your friend.

By the way, pull does the equivalent of a fetch and a subsequent merge.

	Matthias
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  1. Kumar GalaJun 22, 2006
  2. Jeff KingJun 22, 2006
  3. Kumar GalaJun 22, 2006
  4. Jeff KingJun 22, 2006
  5. Kumar GalaJun 22, 2006
  6. Jakub NarebskiJun 22, 2006
  7. Matthias KestenholzJun 22, 2006
  8. Kumar GalaJun 22, 2006
  9. Jeff KingJun 22, 2006
  10. Kumar GalaJun 22, 2006
  11. Jeff KingJun 22, 2006
  12. Mathieu Chouquet-StringerJun 22, 2006

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