Merging into a current branch

From: Geoff Russell <geoffrey.russell@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 30, 2007, 05:40 UTC
Message-ID: <93c3eada0707292240qe92aa57s5c5152e078693a53@mail.gmail.com>

Dear gits,

Is there any reason why

git fetch origin branchX:branchX

fails if I am on branchX?   All I want to do is fast forward it.

Cheers, Geoff.

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