From: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:13:54 GMT
Subject: Re: git pull w/o checkout?
Message-ID: <6F96D77C-FE27-4B74-ADBF-9964B5FD72DF@kernel.crashing.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060622131129.GB5134@spinlock.ch>


On Jun 22, 2006, at 8:11 AM, Matthias Kestenholz wrote:

> * 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