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Re: Re: Qn about git pull and git fetch

From
EREric Raible <raible@nextest.com>
Date
Sep 28, 2010, 19:51 UTC
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<4CA2473B.2040600@nextest.com>
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<9732E43E-124D-4145-A289-2E78F2277ACE@gernhardtsoftware.com>
On 11:59 AM, Brian Gernhardt wrote:
> 
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> Your branches should be set to track automatically but if they didn't for
> some reason and are using v1.7.0 or newer, you can:
> 
> $ git branch --set-upstream master origin/next
> Branch master set up to track remote branch next from origin.
> $ git pull
> 
> If you're using git prior to v1.7.0, you can instead:
> 
> $ git config branch.master.remote origin
> $ git config branch.master.merge refs/heads/master
> $ git pull
Seems to me that to be equivalent, the first should be:
	git branch --set-upstream master origin/master
or the second should be:
	git config branch.master.merge refs/heads/next
Eh?
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  4. Eric RaibleSep 28, 2010
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