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Re: [PATCH] pull: fix 'git pull --all' when current branch is tracking remote that is not last in the list of remotes

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Michael Lukashov <michael.lukashov@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 23, 2010, 23:44 UTC
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On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 2:02 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Michael Lukashov <michael.lukashov@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> diff --git a/git-pull.sh b/git-pull.sh
>> index 38331a8..fcde096 100755
>> --- a/git-pull.sh
>> +++ b/git-pull.sh
>> @@ -214,7 +214,11 @@ test true = "$rebase" && {
>>       done
>>  }
>>  orig_head=$(git rev-parse -q --verify HEAD)
>> -git fetch $verbosity --update-head-ok "$@" || exit 1
>> +if test -e "$GIT_DIR"/FETCH_HEAD
>> +then
>> +     rm "$GIT_DIR"/FETCH_HEAD 2>/dev/null
>> +fi
>
> When is it sane to ignore an error from this "rm", especially after you
> made sure that it exists?
>

The file "$GIT_DIR"/FETCH_HEAD is rewritten in subsequent call to 'git fetch', thus it is safe to ignore all errors.

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Message 3 of 7 in “pull: fix 'git pull --all' when current branch is tracking remote that is not last in the list of remotes”
  1. pull: fix 'git pull --all' when current branch is tracking remote that is not last in the list of remotesMichael Lukashov, Feb 23, 2010
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 23, 2010
  3. Michael LukashovFeb 23, 2010
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 24, 2010
  5. pull: fix 'git pull --all' when current branch is tracking remote that is not last in the list of remotesMichael Lukashov, Feb 24, 2010
  6. Paolo BonziniFeb 24, 2010
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 24, 2010

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