On 14 August 2012 13:12, Thomas Rast <trast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hilco Wijbenga <hilco.wijbenga@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> On 14 August 2012 10:19, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Hilco Wijbenga <hilco.wijbenga@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >>> >>>> On 14 August 2012 01:27, Thomas Rast <trast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> [git pull with two args] it's ok if you use it with an URL instead >>>>> of a remote nickname >>>> >>>> Why would that be okay? What is the difference? Isn't the nickname >>>> just an alias for a URL? >>> >>> As long as you tell what refspecs to use on the command line, the >>> remote nickname behaves as "just an alias for a URL", so yes, >>> because Thomas is discussing "two-arg pull or fetch", one arg being >>> either nickname or URL and the other is an explicit refspec on the >>> command line, it would be okay because there is no difference in >>> that case. >> >> I suppose I'm not entirely clear on how this two step process is >> "safer". Doing "git fetch" would seem to be harmless, right? So the >> problem is with "git merge" but master should always be "behind" >> origin/master so that "git merge" should just FF to origin/master >> which *should* be completely safe. Does that make sense? Especially >> given our use of master as an integration branch? >> >> [Given the trouble I have with getting people to use Git properly, I >> prefer things as simple as possible. :-) ] > > I meant something else than Junio hinted at. Saying > > git fetch origin master > # or by extension > git pull origin master > > does not update the origin/* namespace, not even origin/master. All > fetching happens only into FETCH_HEAD. This leads to confusion such as > yours because origin/master and thus the upstream tracking displays will > not know about the change. I'll say. Now I'm really confused. If what you say is true then what is updating origin/master? I've been using "git pull" daily for over a year and origin/master is definitely getting updated (at least according to gitk). Mmm, just to make sure we are all talking about the same origin/master: I mean my local reference to the SHA1 of the commit that is master's HEAD on origin. After I have run "git pull", *my* master and *my* origin/master point to the same commit. Or I'm *really* confused. Or I've confused you by using incorrect terminology. :-) Or by using the right terminology incorrectly. ;-) -- 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