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From: Mark Lord <liml@rtr.ca>
Subject: Re: libata-dev git question:
Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 11:48:48 -0500
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Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 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.
..

Thanks.  I was just going by your KHGTG page until now.