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Re: pull/merge --no-commit

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KDKeith Duthie <keith@no.net.nz>
Date
Jun 7, 2007, 19:12 UTC
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On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, kurt_p_lloyd wrote:
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> Except here's the model that I am trying to follow....
> It seems that 'pull' can be partitioned into 3 separate responsibilities:
>
>   1. Retrieve changes from the remote user's replica (without modifying
>      any /local/ branches).
>   2. Bring changes from "remote" into a local branch (without commit).
>   3. Commit.

I believe you can accomplish step one with a remote tracking branch ("git-remote add localname git://whereever/project.git" to add the branch to the repository, then "git-remote update localname" to update it to the current remote state).

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  2. kurt_p_lloydJun 7, 2007
  3. Junio C HamanoJun 7, 2007
  4. kurt_p_lloydJun 7, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoJun 7, 2007
  6. Kevin GreenJun 7, 2007
  7. Keith DuthieJun 7, 2007
  8. kurt_p_lloydJun 7, 2007
  9. J. Bruce FieldsJun 7, 2007
  10. Keith DuthieJun 7, 2007

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