Re: [PATCH] Fix pulling into the same branch.

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Sep 11, 2005, 09:56 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0509111153380.32555@wgmdd8.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <7vzmr43vix.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Hi,

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Come to think of it, it may be cleaner to simply forbid
> fast-forward fetching into the current repository (whether it is
> "git fetch" or "git pull").  At least in your workflow you do
> not do that ever anyway.
> 
> Johannes, what do you think, as the original advocate of "push in
> reverse"?

I'm fine with it.

Although it might make more sense to check for dirty state, and fast-forward only for a clean state (together with a checkout of the new HEAD).

Ciao, Dscho