# Git Fetch / updating HEAD 3 messages from 2010-07-17 to 2010-07-17. Participants: Mahesh Vaidya, Johan Herland. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/24421 ## Mahesh Vaidya, 2010-07-17 15:32 Subject: Git Fetch / updating HEAD Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/AANLkTinuK4gx9SG1VKo_NbkP_QWMCmtsfJgUgfoL_KGo%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi, git fetch --all --append updates FETCH_HEAD. I'd like this command to update HEAD as well; is there any flag ? I have a reason to do it; trying to implement multisite A (master) -> B (readonly mirror) -> C (workspace) if sitting in B; git fetch does't update HEAD Mahesh Vaidya ``` ## Mahesh Vaidya, 2010-07-17 15:35 Subject: Re: Git Fetch / updating HEAD Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/AANLkTilp5lZn99QZPWSkCHStnRdkGx6mMU2IQBvllaU4%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` BTW - I have tried this git update-ref HEAD FETCH_HEAD; is this ok ?? On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 9:02 PM, Mahesh Vaidya wrote: > Hi, > > git fetch --all --append updates FETCH_HEAD. I'd like this command to > update HEAD as well; is there any flag ? > > I have a reason to do it; trying to implement multisite > > A (master) -> B (readonly mirror) -> C (workspace) > > if sitting in B; git fetch does't update HEAD > > > Mahesh Vaidya > -- Thank you and best regards. Mahesh Vaidya  / 9740500144 http://www.twitter.com/forvaidya ``` ## Johan Herland, 2010-07-17 16:11 Subject: Re: Git Fetch / updating HEAD Message-ID: <201007171811.13624.johan@herland.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/201007171811.13624.johan%40herland.net In-Reply-To: ``` On Saturday 17 July 2010, Mahesh Vaidya wrote: > BTW - I have tried this > git update-ref HEAD FETCH_HEAD; is this ok ?? > > On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 9:02 PM, Mahesh Vaidya wrote: > > Hi, > > > > git fetch --all --append updates FETCH_HEAD. I'd like this command to > > update HEAD as well; is there any flag ? > > > > I have a reason to do it; trying to implement multisite > > > > A (master) -> B (readonly mirror) -> C (workspace) > > > > if sitting in B; git fetch does't update HEAD You need to set up special refspecs in your B repo, so that git fetch updates refs/heads/* instead of refs/remotes/origin/*. When that is done, a simple 'git fetch' will update your branches (and HEAD as a result). In short, you should create the B repo using 'git clone --mirror' (which will set up the correct refspecs for you) ...Johan -- Johan Herland, www.herland.net ```