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Re: origin/branchname and tracking branch pointing to different commits?

From
Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Date
Jan 7, 2010, 17:12 UTC
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<201001071813.01187.trast@student.ethz.ch>
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<76c5b8581001070903i3810f63crd764d451f7454584@mail.gmail.com>
Eugene Sajine wrote:
> $git pull origin qa
[...]
> So, generally, speaking qa branch is fine and is in synch with the
> remote mainline, but the state of local origin/qa is not clear.

'git pull $remote $branch' does not update the $remote/$branch remote-tracking branch; it stores in FETCH_HEAD and merges straight from there.

-- 
Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch
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