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Re: git-pull (or cg-fetch?) with exit status

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Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Date
Oct 30, 2005, 20:05 UTC
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>>>>> "Junio" == Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:

Junio> old_head=$(git-rev-parse --verify HEAD) && Junio> git-pull -n >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit Junio> new_head=$(git-rev-parse --verify HEAD) Junio> test "$old_head" = "$new_head" || make test install

This looks like it might work.  I'll try it out next time.  Thanks.
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