this is more of a git question, than smth special to msysgit. (git ml cc'd) On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 17:36:54 +0100 Lee Griffiths <poddster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I have a script that checks for fast-forwarding by doing a git push > --dry-run. This strikes me as the wrong way to do it as it does _all_ > of the stuff a git push would normally do i.e., packing and so on, and > I'm only really after the fast-forward check. Seeing as I already do a > git push at the end of the script (actualy two, as I do a --tags one > as well[1]), it seems like a big waste of time. Is there anyother way > to check and see if the git push would work? (I want the script to > avoid doing a git pull if possible). > > > Thanks, > Lee > > > > [1] I originally assumed --tags would push the data AND the tags, but > that doesn't seem to be the case.... Am I wrong in this? > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html