Re: libata-dev git question:

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>]

Mark Lord wrote:
> I am below "novice" when it comes to git:
> 
>> $ git-pull --update-head-ok --tags 
>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev.git
>> Warning: No merge candidate found because value of config option
>>         "branch.master.merge" does not match any remote branch fetched.
>> No changes.
> ..
> 
> Is that "normal" ?

Yes.


> Is that even the correct command to update my entire local existing copy 
> of Jeff's git tree?

No.

Generally I would use

	cd $repo
	git-checkout master	# if not already there
	git pull		# fetches new objects, updates 'master'
	git-fetch -f $URL upstream:upstream	# fetch updated branch
	git-fetch -f $URL mv-ncq:mv-ncq
	git-fetch -f $URL upstream-fixes:upstream-fixes
	git-fetch -f $URL upstream:upstream
	... continue for each branch you like...

There is probably an easier way to get it to download all branches, even 
if they have been rebased.

	Jeff