Question on multi-level git repository heiarchy.

Some time back, I cloned from the official kernel site. I have created several branches and patches and such, recently branching off of 2.6.18

I want to create an intermediate level..something like:

kernel.org git tree
       |
my git master tree
 /                          \
work-station-1   work-station-2  ....

Each of the work-station repositories should push/pull from my git master tree, and occasionally the git master tree will also pull from the kernel.org git tree.

To attempt this, I uploaded the .git tree from my local work station..the tree I cloned a while back, to the public server.

I was then able to clone the public server git tree on my local work-station in a clean directory.

So far so good...

Both pub server and work station had the current branch set to lf_v2.6.18, and gitk showed the head and latest patch as what I would expect. I then did a git checkout -f master on the pub server and did a pull from the upstream kernel. This seemed to work fine.

Then, on the work-station, I did a git checkout -f master, and also did a pull. In this case, it seems that it is trying to merge with changes in the lf_v2.6.18 branch instead of the the main 'master' tree (see below).

So, am I going about this all wrong, or did I just run into a glitch of some sort? I should mention that the work-station below is running git 1.3, where the master is running git 1.4.2.4 (latest in FC4).

[greear@xeon-dt linux-2.6.dev]$ git checkout -f master
[greear@xeon-dt linux-2.6.dev]$ git pull
greearb@ns2.lanforge.com's password:
Generating pack...
Done counting 1553 objects.
Result has 1056 objects.
Deltifying 1056 objects.
 100% (1056/1056) done
Unpacking 1056 objects
Total 1056, written 1056 (delta 894), reused 0 (delta 0)
 100% (1056/1056) done
* refs/heads/master: fast forward to branch 'master' of 
greearb@ns2.lanforge.com:/pub/linux-2.6
  from 04fed361dadb7921507a470947ac23d2f26352cf to 
e80391500078b524083ba51c3df01bbaaecc94bb
* refs/heads/lf_v2.6.17.x: same as branch 'lf_v2.6.17.x' of 
greearb@ns2.lanforge.com:/pub/linux-2.6
* refs/heads/lk_v2.6.16.x.sts: same as branch 'lk_v2.6.16.x.sts' of 
greearb@ns2.lanforge.com:/pub/linux-2.6
* refs/heads/lf_v2.6.17: same as branch 'lf_v2.6.17' of 
greearb@ns2.lanforge.com:/pub/linux-2.6
* refs/heads/lf_v2.6.16.x: same as branch 'lf_v2.6.16.x' of 
greearb@ns2.lanforge.com:/pub/linux-2.6
* refs/heads/lk_v2.6.15.x.sts: same as branch 'lk_v2.6.15.x.sts' of 
greearb@ns2.lanforge.com:/pub/linux-2.6
* refs/heads/lk_v2.6.17.x: same as branch 'lk_v2.6.17.x' of 
greearb@ns2.lanforge.com:/pub/linux-2.6
* refs/heads/lf_v2.6.16: same as branch 'lf_v2.6.16' of 
greearb@ns2.lanforge.com:/pub/linux-2.6
* refs/heads/origin: same as branch 'lf_v2.6.18' of 
greearb@ns2.lanforge.com:/pub/linux-2.6
* refs/heads/lk_v2.6.16.x: same as branch 'lk_v2.6.16.x' of 
greearb@ns2.lanforge.com:/pub/linux-2.6
greearb@ns2.lanforge.com's password:
Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.19-rc3
greearb@ns2.lanforge.com's password:
Generating pack...
Done counting 1 objects.
Deltifying 1 objects.
 100% (1/1) done
Total 1, written 1 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
Unpacking 1 objects
 100% (1/1) done
* refs/tags/v2.6.19-rc3: storing tag 'v2.6.19-rc3' of 
greearb@ns2.lanforge.com:/pub/linux-2.6
Warning: fetch updated the current branch head.
Warning: fast forwarding your working tree from
Warning: 04fed361dadb7921507a470947ac23d2f26352cf commit.
Trying really trivial in-index merge...
fatal: Merge requires file-level merging
Nope.
Merging HEAD with ea50583c9fba2e289d434bda9798a7b77ee8e3b4
Merging:
e80391500078b524083ba51c3df01bbaaecc94bb Merge 
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6
ea50583c9fba2e289d434bda9798a7b77ee8e3b4 Initial work of merging pktgen 
changes into 2.6.18.
found 1 common ancestor(s):
e478bec0ba0a83a48a0f6982934b6de079e7e6b3 Linux v2.6.18. Arrr!
Auto-merging net/core/skbuff.c
Auto-merging include/net/sock.h
Auto-merging net/core/pktgen.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/core/pktgen.c
Auto-merging net/decnet/dn_table.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/decnet/dn_table.c
Auto-merging net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
Auto-merging arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c
Auto-merging net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
Auto-merging net/core/dev.c
Auto-merging drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
Auto-merging net/ipv4/arp.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/ipv4/arp.c
Auto-merging net/decnet/dn_fib.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/decnet/dn_fib.c
Auto-merging net/socket.c
Auto-merging include/linux/if.h
Auto-merging include/linux/compat_ioctl.h
Auto-merging include/linux/skbuff.h
Auto-merging include/linux/rtnetlink.h
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in include/linux/rtnetlink.h
Auto-merging fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
Auto-merging include/linux/if_vlan.h
Auto-merging net/ipv4/route.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/ipv4/route.c
Auto-merging net/core/ethtool.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/core/ethtool.c
Auto-merging net/packet/af_packet.c
Auto-merging include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h
Auto-merging net/8021q/vlan_dev.c
Auto-merging net/ipv6/route.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/ipv6/route.c
Auto-merging net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
Auto-merging include/linux/sunrpc/xprt.h
Auto-merging include/net/neighbour.h
Auto-merging include/net/ip_fib.h
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in include/net/ip_fib.h
Auto-merging drivers/net/e100.c
Auto-merging drivers/net/e1000/e1000.h
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in drivers/net/e1000/e1000.h
Auto-merging net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
Auto-merging drivers/pci/quirks.c
Auto-merging net/ipv4/fib_lookup.h
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/ipv4/fib_lookup.h
Auto-merging net/ipv4/fib_hash.c
Auto-merging net/core/sock.c
Auto-merging net/Makefile
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/Makefile
Auto-merging net/decnet/dn_rules.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/decnet/dn_rules.c
Auto-merging include/linux/netdevice.h
Auto-merging net/decnet/dn_route.c
Auto-merging net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
Auto-merging net/Kconfig
Auto-merging drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
Auto-merging include/net/dn_fib.h
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in include/net/dn_fib.h
Auto-merging fs/nfs/super.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in fs/nfs/super.c
Auto-merging fs/cifs/connect.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in fs/cifs/connect.c

Automatic merge failed; fix conflicts and then commit the result.
[greear@xeon-dt linux-2.6.dev]$ git branch
  lf_v2.6.16
  lf_v2.6.16.x
  lf_v2.6.17
  lf_v2.6.17.x
  lf_v2.6.18
  lk_v2.6.15.x.sts
  lk_v2.6.16.x
  lk_v2.6.16.x.sts
  lk_v2.6.17.x
* master
  origin
[greear@xeon-dt linux-2.6.dev]$ gitk