Re: I want "fast forward my workdir to upstream if it's safe"

From: Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Date: May 7, 2009, 23:20 UTC
Message-ID: <86ljp8fqkp.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com>
In-Reply-To: <FC9BF880-D69F-4A56-B9FA-EF5BDBF73437@wincent.com>

>>>>> "Wincent" == Wincent Colaiuta <win@wincent.com> writes:

>> I want a *command* I can tell people in #git.

Wincent> "git status"?

Wincent> # On branch master Wincent> # Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by 46 commits. Wincent> # Wincent> # Changed but not updated: Wincent> # (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) Wincent> # (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) Wincent> # Wincent> # modified: foo Wincent> # Wincent> # Untracked files: Wincent> # (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) Wincent> # Wincent> # bar

Now, you expect them to parse that in a script? "git status" is porcelain, not plumbing, and can change from version to version, and has.

I want a command I can put in a cron job that Does The Right Thing.

-- 
Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095
<merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/>
Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc.
See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion