Re: How to do a fast-forward merge without a checkout?

From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date: Jul 18, 2011, 15:08 UTC
Message-ID: <4E244C75.6060407@viscovery.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAF_dkJCvtVqoDmRXMy23ZnZL6iUAVX0nNA9Ev6e4zvBp9mfTpg@mail.gmail.com>

Am 7/18/2011 16:18, schrieb Patrick Doyle:

> $ git push

...

> To somehost:path/to/repo
>    e1004df..bad8767  wpd -> wpd
>  ! [rejected]        master -> master (non-fast-forward)

[Context: Patrick works on the topic branch, but can't push it anymore because the unrelated branch master was moved forward by someone else.]

After the obligatory 'git fetch', there are at least two ways to do this:

(1) The quick and unsafe way:

    $ git branch -f master origin/master

(2) The safer way:

    $ git push . origin/master:master

The second command is safer because it checks that origin/master is indeed a direct descendent of master.

-- Hannes