Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > > > Some confusing tutorials suggest that it would be a good idea to call > > something like this: > > > > git pull origin master:master > > > > While it might make sense to store what you want to merge, it typically > > is plain wrong. > > I am somewhat confused. The description is confusing, yes. It should be about git fetch, not git pull. > This "confusion" has been there for very long time and (at least the > scripted version of) git-pull/git-fetch pair has supported a workaround in > the form of --update-head-ok option. I think "git fetch url side:master" when master is the current branch and we have omitted --update-head-ok is broken. Specifically Dscho's last hunk which adds this test. The test fails on current master. Looking at the code in builtin-fetch.c, the only usage of update_head_ok is for output about the current branch. I think it should have been used in at least one other spot, to decide if the RHS of a refspec is valid for storage. Dscho's patch tries to address that. diff --git a/t/t5510-fetch.sh b/t/t5510-fetch.sh index 9aae496..cd8b550 100755 --- a/t/t5510-fetch.sh +++ b/t/t5510-fetch.sh @@ -323,4 +323,10 @@ test_expect_success 'auto tag following fetches minimum' ' ) ' +test_expect_success 'refuse to fetch into the current branch' ' + + test_must_fail git fetch . side:master + +' + test_done -- Shawn. -- 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