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git pull w/o checkout?

Subject: git pull w/o checkout?

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12 messages between Jun 22, 2006 and Jun 22, 2006.

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Jeff King· Jun 22, 2006, 13:05 UTC · re: Kumar Gala · lore

Re: git pull w/o checkout?

On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 07:51:56AM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
> I trying to see if there is a way to get the effect of a git-pull w/o  
> getting the checked out files.
git-fetch?
-Peff
Kumar Gala· Jun 22, 2006, 13:10 UTC · re: Jeff King · lore

Re: git pull w/o checkout?

On Jun 22, 2006, at 8:05 AM, Jeff King wrote:
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> On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 07:51:56AM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
>
>> I trying to see if there is a way to get the effect of a git-pull w/o
>> getting the checked out files.
>
> git-fetch?
Its the first half, still need to resolve FETCH_HEAD, HEAD, etc..
- k
Jeff King· Jun 22, 2006, 13:13 UTC · re: Kumar Gala · lore

Re: git pull w/o checkout?

On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 08:10:10AM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
> >git-fetch?
> Its the first half, still need to resolve FETCH_HEAD, HEAD, etc..
Can you elaborate on what you're trying to accomplish?
-Peff
Kumar Gala· Jun 22, 2006, 13:15 UTC · re: Jeff King · lore

Re: git pull w/o checkout?

On Jun 22, 2006, at 8:13 AM, Jeff King wrote:
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> On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 08:10:10AM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
>
>>> git-fetch?
>> Its the first half, still need to resolve FETCH_HEAD, HEAD, etc..
>
> Can you elaborate on what you're trying to accomplish?

A local mirror of a git tree. I can do the clone easy enough, its trying to figure out the updates after the fact that is the issue.

- k
Jakub Narebski· Jun 22, 2006, 13:32 UTC · re: Kumar Gala · lore

Re: git pull w/o checkout?

Kumar Gala wrote:
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> On Jun 22, 2006, at 8:13 AM, Jeff King wrote:
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>> On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 08:10:10AM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
>>
>>>> git-fetch?
>>> Its the first half, still need to resolve FETCH_HEAD, HEAD, etc..
>>
>> Can you elaborate on what you're trying to accomplish?
> 
> A local mirror of a git tree.  I can do the clone easy enough, its  
> trying to figure out the updates after the fact that is the issue.
Assuming typical configuration, with the following in remotes/origin
---[ <path-to-repo>/.git/remotes/origin ]----
URL: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
Pull: refs/heads/master:refs/heads/origin
Pull:+refs/heads/pu:refs/heads/pu
Pull: refs/heads/man:refs/heads/man
Pull: refs/heads/html:refs/heads/html
Pull: refs/heads/next:refs/heads/next
Pull: refs/heads/todo:refs/heads/todo
Pull: refs/heads/maint:refs/heads/maint
---------------------------------------------
to update your repository, do:

$ git checkout master $ git fetch origin

Any branch except listed ot fhose fetched to will do, or even any command that leaves HEAD different than one of the branches fetched to. Everything is updated. Then you can do the second part of pull, using

$ git checkout master $ git pull . master

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
ShadeHawk on #git
Matthias Kestenholz· Jun 22, 2006, 13:11 UTC · re: Kumar Gala · lore

Re: git pull w/o checkout?

* Kumar Gala (galak@kernel.crashing.org) wrote:
> I trying to see if there is a way to get the effect of a git-pull w/o  
> getting the checked out files.
> 
> Any ideas?

Do you want to fetch remote changes without merging them into your working tree? If you, "git fetch" is your friend.

By the way, pull does the equivalent of a fetch and a subsequent merge.

	Matthias
Kumar Gala· Jun 22, 2006, 13:13 UTC · re: Matthias Kestenholz · lore

Re: git pull w/o checkout?

On Jun 22, 2006, at 8:11 AM, Matthias Kestenholz wrote:
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> * Kumar Gala (galak@kernel.crashing.org) wrote:
>> I trying to see if there is a way to get the effect of a git-pull w/o
>> getting the checked out files.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
> Do you want to fetch remote changes without merging them into your
> working tree? If you, "git fetch" is your friend.

that's what I want, however fetch isn't updating any refs/ as far as I can tell.

> By the way, pull does the equivalent of a fetch and a subsequent
> merge.
right, its the merge that seems to be doing the checkout.
- k
Jeff King· Jun 22, 2006, 13:17 UTC · re: Kumar Gala · lore

Re: git pull w/o checkout?

On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 08:13:54AM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
> that's what I want, however fetch isn't updating any refs/ as far as  
> I can tell.

It won't update the ref for the branch you're on; it will update the head for the remotes (try running git-show-branch before and after your fetch, and you should see an update on 'origin' or whatever remote you're fetching).

-Peff
Kumar Gala· Jun 22, 2006, 13:20 UTC · re: Jeff King · lore

Re: git pull w/o checkout?

On Jun 22, 2006, at 8:17 AM, Jeff King wrote:
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> On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 08:13:54AM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
>
>> that's what I want, however fetch isn't updating any refs/ as far as
>> I can tell.
>
> It won't update the ref for the branch you're on; it will update the
> head for the remotes (try running git-show-branch before and after  
> your
> fetch, and you should see an update on 'origin' or whatever remote
> you're fetching).
Ahh, I see.  I can than just copy the 'origin' ref over 'master'.
thanks
- kumar
Jeff King· Jun 22, 2006, 13:25 UTC · re: Kumar Gala · lore

Re: git pull w/o checkout?

On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 08:20:51AM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
> Ahh, I see.  I can than just copy the 'origin' ref over 'master'.

You can, though I'm not sure you even need to. If you're simply wanting to mirror a git branch without checking out, then you're already done. The mirror is just in 'origin', not 'master'.

-Peff

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