From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:11:13 GMT
Subject: Re: git-pull question
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0610161109300.14200@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <012c01c6f0be$7d329fc0$1267a8c0@Jocke>

Hi,

On Mon, 16 Oct 2006, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:

> Why isn't
>   git checkout -b myb otherb
>   git pull . thirdb
> 
> the same as
>   git checkout -b myb otherb
>   git pull . thirdb:myb

You have to understand that "thirdb:myb" means "fetch the branch thirdb 
and _store_ it as myb (if it fast forwards)".

So, it makes no sense at all to use the "remote:local" syntax with pull.

Hth,
Dscho