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Re: [RFC] pull/fetch rename

From
Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org>
Date
Oct 21, 2009, 06:30 UTC
Message-ID
<20091021063008.GA3349@glandium.org>
In-Reply-To
<alpine.LNX.2.00.0910201912390.14365@iabervon.org>
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 07:56:01PM -0400, Daniel Barkalow wrote:
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> On Tue, 20 Oct 2009, Thomas Rast wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > While everyone is busy in two other UI threads, I figured I might as
> > well toss up another (probably) controversial topic.
> > 
> > Especially on IRC, we see many people who are some combination of
> > misunderstanding, misusing or overusing git-pull.  I figure this is
> > the result of several factors, notably
> > 
> > a) pull/push are not symmetric,
> 
> In a certain sense they are; they both update the branches local to one 
> repository with the data from the other repository. In this sense, fetch 
> is the oddity in that it doesn't update any repository's own branches, but 
> just the local information about other repositories' branches.

BTW, shouldn't fetch be deprecated in favour of git remote update ? (this may require adding some features to git remote update, but you get the idea)

Mike
Previous: Thomas RastNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 26 of 32 in “[RFC] pull/fetch rename”
  1. Thomas RastOct 20, 2009
  2. Wesley J. LandakerOct 20, 2009
  3. Junio C HamanoOct 20, 2009
  4. Thomas RastOct 20, 2009
  5. Junio C HamanoOct 20, 2009
  6. Wesley J. LandakerOct 21, 2009
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 20, 2009
  8. Nanako ShiraishiOct 20, 2009
  9. Thomas RastOct 20, 2009
  10. Daniel BarkalowOct 20, 2009
  11. Björn SteinbrinkOct 21, 2009
  12. Daniel BarkalowOct 21, 2009
  13. Björn SteinbrinkOct 21, 2009
  14. Daniel BarkalowOct 21, 2009
  15. Junio C HamanoOct 21, 2009
  16. Clemens BuchacherOct 21, 2009
  17. modernize fetch/merge/pull examplesClemens Buchacher, Oct 21, 2009
  18. Junio C HamanoOct 21, 2009
  19. git-merge: forbid fast-forward and up-to-date when --no-commit is givenJunio C Hamano, Oct 21, 2009
  20. Nanako ShiraishiOct 22, 2009
  21. Junio C HamanoOct 22, 2009
  22. git-merge: imply --no-ff when --no-commit is givenJunio C Hamano, Oct 21, 2009
  23. Clemens BuchacherOct 22, 2009
  24. Thomas RastOct 22, 2009
  25. Thomas RastOct 22, 2009
  26. Mike HommeyOct 21, 2009
  27. Junio C HamanoOct 21, 2009
  28. Mike HommeyOct 21, 2009
  29. Junio C HamanoOct 21, 2009
  30. Jeff KingOct 21, 2009
  31. Jeff KingOct 21, 2009
  32. Junio C HamanoOct 24, 2009

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