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Re: git pull w/o checkout?

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KGKumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
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Jun 22, 2006, 13:13 UTC
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On Jun 22, 2006, at 8:11 AM, Matthias Kestenholz wrote:
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> * Kumar Gala (galak@kernel.crashing.org) wrote:
>> I trying to see if there is a way to get the effect of a git-pull w/o
>> getting the checked out files.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
> Do you want to fetch remote changes without merging them into your
> working tree? If you, "git fetch" is your friend.

that's what I want, however fetch isn't updating any refs/ as far as I can tell.

> By the way, pull does the equivalent of a fetch and a subsequent
> merge.
right, its the merge that seems to be doing the checkout.
- k
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  3. Kumar GalaJun 22, 2006
  4. Jeff KingJun 22, 2006
  5. Kumar GalaJun 22, 2006
  6. Jakub NarebskiJun 22, 2006
  7. Matthias KestenholzJun 22, 2006
  8. Kumar GalaJun 22, 2006
  9. Jeff KingJun 22, 2006
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  11. Jeff KingJun 22, 2006
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