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Re: [PATCH v6 4/4] gitfaq: fetching and pulling a repository

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Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Date
May 6, 2020, 16:20 UTC
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Hi Shourya,

On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 1:00 AM Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com> wrote:

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>
> Add an issue in 'Common Issues' section which addresses the confusion
> between performing a 'fetch' and a 'pull'.
>
> Helped-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/gitfaq.txt | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt
> index 5dfbb32089..53e3844374 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt
> @@ -255,6 +255,14 @@ way of cloning it in lesser space?::
>         presumes that the user has an always-on network connection to the
>         original repository).  See linkgit:partial-clone[1].
>
> +[[fetching-and-pulling]]
> +How do I know if I want to do a fetch or a pull?::
> +       A fetch stores a copy of the latest changes from the remote
> +       repository, without modifying the working tree or current branch.
> +       You can then at your leisure inspect, merge, rebase on top of, or
> +       ignore the upstream changes.  A pull consists of a fetch followed
> +       immediately     by either a merge or rebase.  See linkgit:git-pull[1].
Looks like you have a tab instead of a space between 'immediately' and 'by'.
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>  Hooks
>  -----
>
> --
> 2.26.2
Other than the two small spacing issues, the series looks good to me.
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  2. 2/4 gitfaq: changing the remote of a repositoryShourya Shukla, May 6, 2020
  3. Junio C HamanoMay 6, 2020
  4. 4/4 gitfaq: fetching and pulling a repositoryShourya Shukla, May 6, 2020
  5. Elijah NewrenMay 6, 2020
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 6, 2020
  7. 3/4 gitfaq: partial cloning a repositoryShourya Shukla, May 6, 2020
  8. Elijah NewrenMay 6, 2020

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