Re: [PATCH 3/3] fetch --all/--multiple: keep all the fetched branch information
* 2010-02-24 11:02 (-0800), Junio C. Hamano wrote:
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> Since "git fetch" learned "--all" and "--multiple" options, it has become
> tempting for users to say "git pull --all". Even though it may fetch from
> remotes that do not need to be fetched from for merging with the current
> branch, it is handy.
>
> "git fetch" however clears the list of fetched branches every time it
> contacts a different remote. Unless the current branch is configured to
> merge with a branch from a remote that happens to be the last in the list
> of remotes that are contacted, "git pull" that fetches from multiple
> remotes will not be able to find the branch it should be merging with.
>
> Make "fetch" clear FETCH_HEAD (unless --append is given) and then append
> the list of branches fetched to it (even when --apend is not given). That
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Not very important but there's a typo: "apend".
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> way, "pull" will be able to find the data for the branch being merged in
> FETCH_HEAD no matter where the remote appears in the list of remotes to be
> contacted by "git fetch".
>
> Reported-by: Michael Lukashov
> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>