Hi, On Mon, 16 Oct 2006, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: > Why isn't > git checkout -b myb otherb > git pull . thirdb > > the same as > git checkout -b myb otherb > git pull . thirdb:myb You have to understand that "thirdb:myb" means "fetch the branch thirdb and _store_ it as myb (if it fast forwards)". So, it makes no sense at all to use the "remote:local" syntax with pull. Hth, Dscho - 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