Hi, On Tue, 16 Aug 2005, Carl Baldwin wrote:
> So, just a question. What, exactly, is meant by 'cross-pulling'? When I say "cross-pulling" I mean that a branch is pulled from a remote repository, where the named head is called "a", but that reference is pulled into the local branch whose head is "b". Example: --snip-- > git-ls-remote-script junio abe0582207c72ec848e78707577c61a98f5c633d refs/heads/master c506e5687b9257c6182950f245d58cf839abfae4 refs/heads/pu 1f40c7c24d999675df818f9d7824937a964f9f40 refs/heads/rc 0918385dbd9656cab0d1d81ba7453d49bbc16250 refs/tags/junio-gpg-pub d6602ec5194c87b0fc87103ca4d67251c76f233a refs/tags/v0.99 f25a265a342aed6041ab0cc484224d9ca54b6f41 refs/tags/v0.99.1 c5db5456ae3b0873fc659c19fafdde22313cc441 refs/tags/v0.99.2 7ceca275d047c90c0c7d5afb13ab97efdf51bd6e refs/tags/v0.99.3 b3e9704ecdf48869f635f0aa99ddfb513f885aff refs/tags/v0.99.4 > git-pull-script junio pu:temporary-proposed-updates [...] > echo .git/refs/heads/temporary-proposed-updates c506e5687b9257c6182950f245d58cf839abfae4 --snap-- So, the remote branch "pu" gets cross-pulled to the local branch "temporary-proposed-updates", i.e. to a local branch of a different name. Ciao, Dscho - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
