Git Fetch / updating HEAD

Git Fetch / updating HEAD

[Mahesh Vaidya]

Hi,

git fetch --all --append updates FETCH_HEAD. I'd like this command to
update HEAD as well; is there any flag ?

I have a reason to do it; trying to implement multisite

A (master) -> B (readonly mirror) -> C (workspace)

if sitting in B; git fetch does't update HEAD


Mahesh Vaidya

Re: Git Fetch / updating HEAD

[Mahesh Vaidya]

BTW - I have tried this
git  update-ref HEAD  FETCH_HEAD; is this ok ??


On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 9:02 PM, Mahesh Vaidya <forvaidya@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> git fetch --all --append updates FETCH_HEAD. I'd like this command to
> update HEAD as well; is there any flag ?
>
> I have a reason to do it; trying to implement multisite
>
> A (master) -> B (readonly mirror) -> C (workspace)
>
> if sitting in B; git fetch does't update HEAD
>
>
> Mahesh Vaidya
>



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Re: Git Fetch / updating HEAD

[Johan Herland]

On Saturday 17 July 2010, Mahesh Vaidya wrote:
> BTW - I have tried this
> git  update-ref HEAD  FETCH_HEAD; is this ok ??
> 
> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 9:02 PM, Mahesh Vaidya <forvaidya@gmail.com> 
wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > git fetch --all --append updates FETCH_HEAD. I'd like this command to
> > update HEAD as well; is there any flag ?
> > 
> > I have a reason to do it; trying to implement multisite
> > 
> > A (master) -> B (readonly mirror) -> C (workspace)
> > 
> > if sitting in B; git fetch does't update HEAD

You need to set up special refspecs in your B repo, so that git fetch 
updates refs/heads/* instead of refs/remotes/origin/*. When that is done, a 
simple 'git fetch' will update your branches (and HEAD as a result).

In short, you should create the B repo using 'git clone --mirror' (which 
will set up the correct refspecs for you)


...Johan

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