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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Cc: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG] Pulling tags no longer works in 1.5.3.4...
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 02:21:36 +0000 (GMT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0712040220270.27959@racer.site> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4754B4AF.8070408@garzik.org>

Hi,

On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> Using package git-core-1.5.3.3-3.fc7, I can do the following with kernel git
> trees:
> 
> 1) git-clone --reference linux-2.6 linux-2.6 tmp-2.6
> 
> 2) time passes (days or weeks)
> 
> 3)	cd tmp-2.6
> 	git pull ../linux-2.6
> 	git pull --tags ../linux-2.6
> 
> Result:  works as expected.
> 
> 
> 
> Using package git-core-1.5.3.4-1.fc8, step #3 breaks:
> 
> [jgarzik@pretzel misc-2.6]$ git pull --tags ../linux-2.6/
> You asked me to pull without telling me which branch you
> want to merge with, and 'branch.master.merge' in
> your configuration file does not tell me either.  Please
> name which branch you want to merge on the command line and
> try again (e.g. 'git pull <repository> <refspec>').
> See git-pull(1) for details on the refspec.

Oops.

As a workaround, please do "git fetch --tags ../linux-2.6 && git pull 
../linux-2.6/" until it is fixed.

Ciao,
Dscho

  reply	other threads:[~2007-12-04  2:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-12-04  2:00 [BUG] Pulling tags no longer works in 1.5.3.4 Jeff Garzik
2007-12-04  2:21 ` Johannes Schindelin [this message]
2007-12-04  2:33 ` Jeff King
2007-12-04  7:41 ` Junio C Hamano

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