Re: [help] git status doesn't seem to work.

> On Thu, Dec 05, 2024 at 07:52:37PM +0000, A bughunter wrote:
> 
> > [help] git status doesn't seem to work. See how a pull caused updates after status showed "up to date"
> > 
> > ```
> > ~/Peeranoia_Framework $ git status
> > On branch main
> > Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'.
> 
> 
> This is comparing your branch with the local tracking branch we have,
> refs/remotes/origin/main. It doesn't touch the network, and that
> tracking branch is essentially a cache of the last value we fetched.
> 
> > ~/Peeranoia_Framework $ git pull
> > Enter passphrase for key '/data/data/com.termux/files/home/.ssh/id_ed25519':
> > remote: Enumerating objects: 17, done.
> > remote: Counting objects: 100% (17/17), done.
> > remote: Compressing objects: 100% (15/15), done.
> > remote: Total 15 (delta 4), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 0 (from 0)
> > Unpacking objects: 100% (15/15), 6.41 KiB | 312.00 KiB/s, done.
> > From github.com:freedom-foundation"up to date"/Peeranoia_Framework
> > 03edf66..4cf4f51 main -> origin/main
> > Updating 03edf66..4cf4f51
> > Fast-forward
> > README.md | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++---
> > 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> This pull is doing a fetch under the hood (since pull is essentially
> "fetch + merge"). It updates the tracking branch origin/main, at which
> point a "git status" would show that your local branch is not up to
> date. But since it then immediately merges the result, you find that
> afterwards:
> 
> > ~/Peeranoia_Framework $ git status
> > On branch main
> > Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'.
> 
> 
> ...your branch is now up to date.
> 
> This is all working as expected. If you want a more up-to-date view of
> "origin/master" when you run your "git status", try "git fetch" to hit
> the network first.
> 
> You might also find more information in:
> 
> https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Branching-Remote-Branches
> 
> -Peff