2011/8/21 Reinhold Kainhofer <reinh...@kainhofer.com>: > Am Sunday, 21. August 2011, 21:26:38 schrieb Janek Warchoł: >> > Did the "git pull" give any messages? >> >> I don't remember what it said the first time, but now it says >> "From ssh://git.sv.gnu.org/srv/git/lilypond >> * branch master -> FETCH_HEAD >> Current branch master is up to date." >> >> The second line looks suspicious to me... > > That just means that it has updated downloaded something from the server... > > Ah, wait, it should actually write origin/master instead of FETCH_HEAD. Does > that change if you add the fetch: line to .git/config?
Yes! Adding this line seemed to solve the problem! >> > Quite useful is also "git branch"... >> >> I don't understand how git branch is related to my problem? > > To check whether you are really on the master branch ("git status" also tells > you, though). Ah, yes. >> > BTW, I'm using qgit as graphical frontend, where you can easily see all >> > branches, all tags, or look at each patch separately and even see who >> > last changed each line of a file. >> >> I tried gitk once and decided that i prefer working with command line, >> because it doesn't show me things i don't understand :P > > I'm using qgit to VIEW the repository and the patches/changes. And also when I > need to find out who last changed a particular line in a file. (i.e. "git > blame", but with a nicer gui). Perhaps it's worth trying - when i'll have some spare time. 2011/8/21 Keith OHara <k-ohara5...@oco.net>: > Janek Warchoł <janek.lilypond <at> gmail.com> writes: > >> > I would expect another line in your configuration, added below: >> > >> >> [remote "origin"] >> >> url = ssh://janekw <at> git.sv.gnu.org/srv/git/lilypond.git >> > fetch = +refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/master >> > >> > Probably you want to go through CG 3.2.2, Downloading Remote Branches, >> > to make sure everything you set up there is still set up. >> >> I'm not sure - can i go through all these (i.e. call 'git remote add >> -ft master -m master \ origin git://git.sv.gnu.org/lilypond.git/' >> without affecting my work on currently existing local branches? >> Or should i simply add that line to .git/config? >> > > Your symptoms are consistent with having the missing line "fetch =" > > Repeating `git remote add ... origin` will warn you that you already have > a remote called "origin". Probably there is a way to restore the line > with a git command, maybe in `man git remote` > > I would `man git remote` and read until I either learn how to use the > git toolkit, or until I get enout confidence to add the line directly > to .git/config I read it but i'm not familiar enough with git internal workings and terminology to understand it well... Well, i just did a brutal backup of my repository and tried adding that line - seems to work! Thanks, Janek _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel