On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Clemens Buchacher <drizzd@xxxxxx> wrote: > Eventually, if they are lucky, they will learn in #git that they > were supposed to "git merge <remote>/X." They don't have to do that, they just have to do "git pull". This concept -- that to get the latest changes, one pulls -- is something people learn very early. So, in fact it seems quite natural -- you switch to a local branch with "git co branch", and then if git tells you it's not up-to-date, you "git pull". All nice and smooth and simple and standard. The DWIM simply makes the first time less clumsy, and while everybody benefits, beginners probably benefit a bit more. -Miles -- Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball. -- 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