# errors in git pull

2 messages from 2008-01-18 to 2008-01-18. Participants: Ian Brown, Johannes Schindelin.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/11664

## Ian Brown, 2008-01-18 08:49

Subject: errors in git pull
Message-ID: <d0383f90801180049p1599dd6fmfabcdcad7d9d3275@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/d0383f90801180049p1599dd6fmfabcdcad7d9d3275%40mail.gmail.com

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Hello,

 I am working agains a linux kernel net git repository.

It occurred to me more than once that when trying to
git-pull a repository I get the following errors; there errors appear
also after I am running
"git-reset --hard".
Any idea what can it be ?
I must add that I did not made changes in my local copy of the repository.

the command I am running is:

git-pull git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.25.git


Here are the errors I get:

mygateway:/work/src/2.6.25# gitNetPull.sh

mygateway:/work/src/2.6.25# git diff
mygateway:/work/src/2.6.25# gitNetPull.sh
remote: Generating pack...
remote: Done counting 8510 objects.
Result has 7230 objects.
remote: Deltifying 7230 objects...
remote:  100% (7230/7230) done
Indexing 7230 objects...
remote: Total 7230 (delta 6181), reused 6367 (delta 5448)
 100% (7230/7230) done
Resolving 6181 deltas...
 100% (6181/6181) done
909 objects were added to complete this thin pack.
Auto-merged Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
Auto-merged MAINTAINERS
Auto-merged drivers/connector/cn_queue.c
Auto-merged drivers/connector/connector.c
Auto-merged drivers/net/macvlan.c
Auto-merged drivers/net/niu.c
Auto-merged drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.c
Auto-merged include/linux/inetdevice.h
Auto-merged include/linux/netfilter.h
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in include/linux/netfilter.h
Auto-merged include/linux/netfilter/Kbuild
Auto-merged include/linux/netfilter/xt_RATEEST.h
CONFLICT (add/add): Merge conflict in include/linux/netfilter/xt_RATEEST.h
Auto-merged include/linux/netfilter/xt_connlimit.h
Auto-merged include/linux/netfilter/xt_rateest.h
CONFLICT (add/add): Merge conflict in include/linux/netfilter/xt_rateest.h
Auto-merged include/linux/tty.h
Auto-merged include/linux/xfrm.h
Auto-merged include/net/fib_rules.h
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in include/net/fib_rules.h
Auto-merged include/net/ip_fib.h
Auto-merged include/net/neighbour.h
Auto-merged include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto.h
Auto-merged include/net/raw.h
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in include/net/raw.h
Auto-merged include/net/sch_generic.h
Auto-merged include/net/sock.h
Auto-merged include/net/tcp.h
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in include/net/tcp.h
Auto-merged include/net/xfrm.h
Auto-merged net/appletalk/aarp.c
Auto-merged net/atm/br2684.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/atm/br2684.c
Auto-merged net/atm/lec.c
Auto-merged net/atm/proc.c
Auto-merged net/ax25/af_ax25.c
Auto-merged net/bridge/br_netfilter.c
Auto-merged net/core/dev.c
Auto-merged net/core/fib_rules.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/core/fib_rules.c
Auto-merged net/core/neighbour.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/core/neighbour.c
Auto-merged net/core/pktgen.c
Auto-merged net/core/skbuff.c
Auto-merged net/core/utils.c
Auto-merged net/dccp/ccids/ccid3.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/dccp/ccids/ccid3.c
Auto-merged net/decnet/dn_route.c
Auto-merged net/ipv4/arp.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/ipv4/arp.c
Auto-merged net/ipv4/devinet.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/ipv4/devinet.c
Auto-merged net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
Auto-merged net/ipv4/fib_hash.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/ipv4/fib_hash.c
Auto-merged net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
Auto-merged net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
Auto-merged net/ipv4/inet_lro.c
Auto-merged net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
Auto-merged net/ipv4/netfilter.c
Auto-merged net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig
Auto-merged net/ipv4/netfilter/Makefile
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/ipv4/netfilter/Makefile
Auto-merged net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
Auto-merged net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLUSTERIP.c
Auto-merged net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_ECN.c
Auto-merged net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_LOG.c
Auto-merged net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_MASQUERADE.c
Auto-merged net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_NETMAP.c
Auto-merged net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_REDIRECT.c
Auto-merged net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_REJECT.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_REJECT.c
CONFLICT (delete/modify): net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_TOS.c deleted in
7651a1f7ebe567f9088283f6354a5634b5dccb8e and modified in HEAD. Version
HEAD of net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_TOS.c left in tree.
Auto-merged net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_TTL.c
Auto-merged net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_ULOG.c
Auto-merged net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_addrtype.c
Auto-merged net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_ah.c
Auto-merged net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_ecn.c
CONFLICT (delete/modify): net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_iprange.c deleted in
7651a1f7ebe567f9088283f6354a5634b5dccb8e and modified in HEAD. Version
HEAD of net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_iprange.c left in tree.
Auto-merged net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_recent.c
Auto-merged net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_ttl.c
Auto-merged net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4.c
Auto-merged net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_icmp.c
Auto-merged net/ipv4/raw.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/ipv4/raw.c
Auto-merged net/ipv4/route.c
Auto-merged net/ipv4/tcp.c
Auto-merged net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
Auto-merged net/ipv6/datagram.c
Auto-merged net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig
Auto-merged net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c
Auto-merged net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_HL.c
Auto-merged net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_LOG.c
Auto-merged net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_REJECT.c
Auto-merged net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_ah.c
Auto-merged net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_eui64.c
Auto-merged net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_frag.c
Auto-merged net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_hbh.c
Auto-merged net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_hl.c
Auto-merged net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_ipv6header.c
Auto-merged net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_mh.c
Auto-merged net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_rt.c
Auto-merged net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv6.c
Auto-merged net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_icmpv6.c
Auto-merged net/ipv6/raw.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/ipv6/raw.c
Auto-merged net/ipv6/route.c
Auto-merged net/irda/af_irda.c
Auto-merged net/mac80211/ieee80211_ioctl.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/Kconfig
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/netfilter/Kconfig
Auto-merged net/netfilter/Makefile
Auto-merged net/netfilter/core.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_tcp.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_udp.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_udplite.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c
CONFLICT (delete/modify): net/netfilter/nf_sysctl.c deleted in
7651a1f7ebe567f9088283f6354a5634b5dccb8e and modified in HEAD. Version
HEAD of net/netfilter/nf_sysctl.c left in tree.
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_CLASSIFY.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_CONNMARK.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/netfilter/xt_CONNMARK.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_CONNSECMARK.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_DSCP.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/netfilter/xt_DSCP.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_MARK.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/netfilter/xt_MARK.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_NFLOG.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_NFQUEUE.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_NOTRACK.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_RATEEST.c
CONFLICT (add/add): Merge conflict in net/netfilter/xt_RATEEST.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_SECMARK.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_TCPOPTSTRIP.c
CONFLICT (add/add): Merge conflict in net/netfilter/xt_TCPOPTSTRIP.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_TRACE.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_comment.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_connbytes.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_connlimit.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_connmark.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/netfilter/xt_connmark.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_conntrack.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/netfilter/xt_conntrack.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_dccp.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_dscp.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/netfilter/xt_dscp.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_esp.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_hashlimit.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_helper.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_length.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_limit.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_mac.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_mark.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/netfilter/xt_mark.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_multiport.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_owner.c
CONFLICT (add/add): Merge conflict in net/netfilter/xt_owner.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_physdev.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_pkttype.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/netfilter/xt_pkttype.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_policy.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/netfilter/xt_policy.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_quota.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_realm.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_sctp.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_statistic.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_string.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_tcpmss.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_tcpudp.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_time.c
Auto-merged net/netfilter/xt_u32.c
Auto-merged net/netlink/af_netlink.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/netlink/af_netlink.c
Auto-merged net/rose/af_rose.c
Auto-merged net/sched/sch_htb.c
Auto-merged net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
Auto-merged net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
Auto-merged net/sctp/ulpevent.c
Auto-merged net/x25/x25_forward.c
Auto-merged net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
Auto-merged net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
Auto-merged net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
Automatic merge failed; fix conflicts and then commit the result.


regards,
Ian

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## Johannes Schindelin, 2008-01-18 13:07

Subject: Re: errors in git pull
Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.1.00.0801181301590.5731@racer.site>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/alpine.LSU.1.00.0801181301590.5731%40racer.site
In-Reply-To: <d0383f90801180049p1599dd6fmfabcdcad7d9d3275@mail.gmail.com>

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Hi,

On Fri, 18 Jan 2008, Ian Brown wrote:

>  I am working agains a linux kernel net git repository.
> 
> It occurred to me more than once that when trying to
> git-pull a repository I get the following errors; there errors appear
> also after I am running
> "git-reset --hard".
> Any idea what can it be ?
> I must add that I did not made changes in my local copy of the repository.
> 
> the command I am running is:
> 
> git-pull git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.25.git

To simplify, you can

	git remote add origin git://<...>

so you can call "git pull" and it will do the same.

> CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt

These are merge conflicts.  Git thinks you have changed something.

Now, this might be true, but it also might be the case that the tree you 
are pulling was rebased, i.e. rewound to a certain point in commit 
history, and committed to _differently_.

As a consequence, your state _before_ pulling looks as if _you_ changed 
something.  Since these changes are different than the now-current 
changes, but touch the same code, they produce conflicts.

You might be lucky with "git pull --rebase" (needs a pretty recent git), 
but if you are just tracking a certain tree and not committing yourself, I 
suggest something like this:

git fetch origin && git reset --hard origin/master

Of course, you _really_ have to make sure that you have no local changes 
of your own with this reset call, since it will just undo them (without 
saving them first).

If you _do_ have local changes, you might want to do a "git stash" before 
the reset, and a "git stash apply" after it (again, needs a pretty recent 
git).

Hth,
Dscho

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