From: Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 08:53:25 GMT
Subject: Re: git bug? + question
Message-ID: <200611030853.26467.andyparkins@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20061103074857.GA15972@diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk>

On Friday 2006 November 03 07:48, Karl Hasselström wrote:

> Hmm, this is interesting. 99% of the time, I use "git fetch", followed
> by "git pull . remotes/origin/foo" (often having run gitk in between

I often do this too; and have found that the "remotes" is not needed provided 
there is no overlap with your local branch names.  The above can be replaced 
with

  git pull . origin/foo

This relies on there being no "origin/foo" local branch.


Andy
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Dr Andy Parkins, M Eng (hons), MIEE