# git pull w/o checkout? 12 messages from 2006-06-22 to 2006-06-22. Participants: Kumar Gala, Jeff King, Matthias Kestenholz, Jakub Narebski, Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/4613 ## Kumar Gala, 2006-06-22 12:51 Subject: git pull w/o checkout? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/E65F8DB5-677B-4C7B-A4EC-5F6FB76D6E9A%40kernel.crashing.org ``` 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? thanks - kumar ``` ## Jeff King, 2006-06-22 13:05 Subject: Re: git pull w/o checkout? Message-ID: <20060622130523.GA6893@coredump.intra.peff.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20060622130523.GA6893%40coredump.intra.peff.net In-Reply-To: ``` 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, 2006-06-22 13:10 Subject: Re: git pull w/o checkout? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/E333ADD9-1096-4137-9D72-D58A8E2A5582%40kernel.crashing.org In-Reply-To: <20060622130523.GA6893@coredump.intra.peff.net> ``` On Jun 22, 2006, at 8:05 AM, Jeff King wrote: > 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 ``` ## Matthias Kestenholz, 2006-06-22 13:11 Subject: Re: git pull w/o checkout? Message-ID: <20060622131129.GB5134@spinlock.ch> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20060622131129.GB5134%40spinlock.ch In-Reply-To: ``` * 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 ``` ## Jeff King, 2006-06-22 13:13 Subject: Re: git pull w/o checkout? Message-ID: <20060622131344.GA7168@coredump.intra.peff.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20060622131344.GA7168%40coredump.intra.peff.net In-Reply-To: ``` 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, 2006-06-22 13:13 Subject: Re: git pull w/o checkout? Message-ID: <6F96D77C-FE27-4B74-ADBF-9964B5FD72DF@kernel.crashing.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/6F96D77C-FE27-4B74-ADBF-9964B5FD72DF%40kernel.crashing.org In-Reply-To: <20060622131129.GB5134@spinlock.ch> ``` On Jun 22, 2006, at 8:11 AM, Matthias Kestenholz wrote: > * 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 ``` ## Kumar Gala, 2006-06-22 13:15 Subject: Re: git pull w/o checkout? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/A4C01915-3337-460C-BE19-7AC17249BE50%40kernel.crashing.org In-Reply-To: <20060622131344.GA7168@coredump.intra.peff.net> ``` On Jun 22, 2006, at 8:13 AM, Jeff King wrote: > 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 ``` ## Jeff King, 2006-06-22 13:17 Subject: Re: git pull w/o checkout? Message-ID: <20060622131730.GB7168@coredump.intra.peff.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20060622131730.GB7168%40coredump.intra.peff.net In-Reply-To: <6F96D77C-FE27-4B74-ADBF-9964B5FD72DF@kernel.crashing.org> ``` 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, 2006-06-22 13:20 Subject: Re: git pull w/o checkout? Message-ID: <6C519A4B-9253-49BB-BF68-DCD557DACCB7@kernel.crashing.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/6C519A4B-9253-49BB-BF68-DCD557DACCB7%40kernel.crashing.org In-Reply-To: <20060622131730.GB7168@coredump.intra.peff.net> ``` On Jun 22, 2006, at 8:17 AM, Jeff King wrote: > 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, 2006-06-22 13:25 Subject: Re: git pull w/o checkout? Message-ID: <20060622132500.GA7954@coredump.intra.peff.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20060622132500.GA7954%40coredump.intra.peff.net In-Reply-To: <6C519A4B-9253-49BB-BF68-DCD557DACCB7@kernel.crashing.org> ``` 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 ``` ## Jakub Narebski, 2006-06-22 13:32 Subject: Re: git pull w/o checkout? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/e7e65f%24dhf%241%40sea.gmane.org In-Reply-To: ``` Kumar Gala wrote: > > On Jun 22, 2006, at 8:13 AM, Jeff King wrote: > >> 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 ---[ /.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 ``` ## Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer, 2006-06-22 13:34 Subject: Re: git pull w/o checkout? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/m37j39gvq6.fsf%40bigip.bigip.mine.nu In-Reply-To: <6C519A4B-9253-49BB-BF68-DCD557DACCB7@kernel.crashing.org> ``` galak@kernel.crashing.org (Kumar Gala) writes: > Ahh, I see. I can than just copy the 'origin' ref over 'master'. Or use git fetch -u ? -- Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer mchouque@free.fr ```