From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bill Lear Subject: Re: pull into dirty working tree Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:36:28 -0500 Message-ID: <18032.3836.710438.73912@lisa.zopyra.com> References: <1HyUO6-04z4yG0@fwd28.aul.t-online.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: "MichaelTiloDressel@t-online.de" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Jun 13 17:36:34 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HyUtd-0007Kq-TK for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:36:34 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757924AbXFMPgc (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:36:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758049AbXFMPgc (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:36:32 -0400 Received: from mail.zopyra.com ([65.68.225.25]:61115 "EHLO zopyra.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757804AbXFMPgb (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:36:31 -0400 Received: (from rael@localhost) by zopyra.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id l5DFaUi14427; Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:36:30 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1HyUO6-04z4yG0@fwd28.aul.t-online.de> X-Mailer: VM 7.18 under Emacs 21.1.1 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at 17:03:58 (+0200) MichaelTiloDressel@t-online.de writes: >Hi, > >why don't they just do a simple >git commit -a >of their work before pulling? Because they are basically playing with some code and don't want to commit it. >That's different to cvs! Committing only affects the cloned repository. Yup, we realize that. >I think one of the biggest advantages of git is the concept of everyone >working on a clone. So developers are not prevented from actually using >revision control just because they are afraid of disturbing others. They >don't until they e.g. push! Right, but they just want updates to their working tree, as they could do under CVS, without issuing five (or even one) other commands. Bill