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Re: 'upstream' branches.

From
Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
May 5, 2007, 22:52 UTC
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<20070505225249.GE2898@steel.home>
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David Woodhouse, Sat, May 05, 2007 19:50:28 +0200:
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> > > 
> > > Is there a better way?
> > 
> > I would just remove the pluses. git-fetch will say that the branch is
> > already up-to-date, if the local branch already has everything the
> > remote has.
> 
> Then after I pull from Linus' tree, I can't pull from the mtd tree -- it
> complains that the 'linus' branch there can't be fast-forwarded, and
> refuses to pull the 'master' branch.

Which got me by surprise (just tried). I though it'd notice that all the commits are already present...

Experts, is it really supposed to be that way?
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Message 4 of 13 in “'upstream' branches.”
  1. David WoodhouseMay 5, 2007
  2. Alex RiesenMay 5, 2007
  3. David WoodhouseMay 5, 2007
  4. Alex RiesenMay 5, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 6, 2007
  6. David WoodhouseMay 6, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 6, 2007
  8. David WoodhouseMay 6, 2007
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2007
  10. David WoodhouseMay 7, 2007
  11. Alex RiesenMay 6, 2007
  12. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2007
  13. Alex RiesenMay 7, 2007

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