Re: How to pre-empt git pull merge error?

>> On Wed, 27 Nov 2013 15:17:27 +0000
>> Pete Forman <petef4+usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I am looking for a way of detecting up front whether a git pull or git
>>> merge would fail. The sort of script I want to perform is to update a
>>> server.
>>>
>>>     git fetch
>>>     git okay
>>>     stop server
>>>     backup data
>>>     git merge
>>>     start server
>>>
> I don't know a simple way to do the pre-merge check without actually
> doing the merge (other than patching git merge to add a --dry-run
> option)