From: Robert Haines <rhaines@manchester.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 17:03:55 GMT
Subject: Re: problems getting uptodate from a remote repository
Message-ID: <ADB06DB0-9198-4AB4-8BE8-6472B943C872@manchester.ac.uk>
In-Reply-To: <9719867c0905190909q74e4a6b9r4857fb6f32ff394@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Aaron,

On 19 May 2009, at 17:09, Aaron Gray wrote:

> I have done a 'git fetch' but the repo is not being updated to  
> latest changes.
>
> I am getting the message :-
>
>    "Your branch is behind 'origin/master' by 53 commits, and can be
> fast-forwarded.
>
> when I do a 'git checkout master'
>
> What is going on here and what can I do about it ?


<snip config>

A fetch just updates your remote tracking branches in your local  
repository, it doesn't merge them as well. To update your local master  
you would then do (while on branch master):

$ git merge origin/master

This extra step allows you to create a new branch with origin/master  
as its start point to check that you're happy with the updates before  
you update your local master should you wish to do so.

Cheers,
Rob