From: Junio C Hamano Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:38:07 GMT Subject: Re: How to check new commit availability without full fetch? Message-ID: <7v8wc5itlc.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: Nicolas Pitre writes: >> I am sure I am not the only one with such an itch. > > Maybe you are. There is very little point knowing that the remote repo > has new commits if you're not going to fetch them, so I don't understand > why you need this. A feel good factor is in play? IOW, "I am short of time, so I won't be able to really afford to 'git pull' and test the result of re-integrating my changes to what happened on the other end. If I can learn that there is nothing happening over there, then I won't have to do anything and know that I am up to date."