From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:25:13 GMT
Subject: Re: Multi-head fetches, pulls, and a King Ghidorah
Message-ID: <7vslx6z0ja.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0508191039460.11916@wgmdd8.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> Hi,
>
> If I understand correctly, the multi-head fetch would not write any ref if 
> used like this:
>
> 	git fetch remote:repository/ head tail
>
> but it would try a fast-forward when used like this:
>
> 	git fetch remote:repository/ head:head tail:tail
>
> Correct? If yes: This is fantastic! It obsoletes my dumb script.

That is the intent, but what is currently in "pu" is somewhat
broken.