Re: git pull opinion

From: Aghiles <aghilesk@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 6, 2007, 04:22 UTC
Message-ID: <3abd05a90711052022j590f1faesb85f4646afd9acec@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0711060007010.4362@racer.site>

Hello,

> The consense was that you are much better off committing first, then
> pulling.  And if the work you are doing really is not committable, but you
> _have_ to pull _now_, you use stash.  Although you are quite likely to
> revert the pull when it succeeds, and _then_ unstash.

Sorry but I don't really understand why one should "revert the pull" ? Could elaborate for a newbie ? :)

- Aghiles.

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