On 2009.10.20 20:55:25 -0400, Daniel Barkalow wrote:
> Maybe it should be fine to do:
>
> $ git fetch long-url-here master:temp
> $ git merge temp
> $ git checkout other-branch-that-also-needs-it
> $ git merge temp
>
> But "temp" is "refs/remotes/temp", not "refs/heads/temp"?
One (maybe important) difference there is that the "pull" gets you:
Merge branch 'pu' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git
Even with "master:tmp". But with fetch+merge (storing in refs/remotes):
Merge remote branch 'tmp'
As a minor side-effect, having the "tmp" ref makes re-running the pull
(for whatever reason) cheaper, as without it, the fetch step would
possibly re-fetch the whole stuff (not reachable through any local ref).
Björn, undecided...
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