On 2008.05.04 11:49:38 -0700, Geoffrey Irving wrote: > Hello, > > There's an asymmetry between push and pull that seems unnecessary: > pull can pull from local branches, but push can't push to them. Is > there a reason for this asymmetry? > > In more detail, if I have a working copy with two branches, local and > master, I can use git pull to pull changes from master to local: > > % git checkout local > % git pull . master > ... pulls changes from master to local branch > > If I make a change in local and try to do the reverse with git push, > it gives a confusing non-error message and doesn't do anything: > > % git checkout local > % git rm scratch/pcomm.h > % git commit > % git push . master > Everything up-to-date You're pushing master to master ;-) Try "git push . local:master". Björn -- 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
