Re: Pull is Evil

From: Marc Branchaud <marcnarc@xiplink.com>
Date: May 1, 2014, 19:43 UTC
Message-ID: <5362A3CB.5020203@xiplink.com>
In-Reply-To: <53629eda40a52_76612eb2f062@nysa.notmuch>

On 14-05-01 03:22 PM, Felipe Contreras wrote:

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> Marc Branchaud wrote:
>> What's more, it seems to me that the only real advantage "git pull"
>> provides here is a less typing compared to the non-pull equivalent:
>>
>>   git fetch main-repo
>>   git checkout main-repo/maintenance-branch
>>   git fetch developer-remote
>>   git merge --no-ff developer-remote/topic-branch
>>   git push main-repo HEAD
> 
> You mean `git push main-repo HEAD:maintenance-branch`, right?

Right.  Sorry, for that command I thoughtlessly just copied Brian's example.

M.

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