-p or --prune will "remove any remote-tracking branches which no longer exist
on the remote" [1]
This just helps to keep your clone in sync with the remote.
[1]: http://git-scm.com/docs/git-fetch
--Dasa
On Mar 18, 2013, at 5:09 PM, Justin Mclean
wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> git fetch - prune
>
> Why
Hi,
> git fetch - prune
Why the -prune option? And what if any are the issues if you don't do this?
Justin
Only the current branch.
http://git-scm.com/docs/git-pull
--Dasa
On Mar 18, 2013, at 11:21 AM, Gordon Smith
mailto:gosm...@adobe.com>> wrote:
So now that I have two local branches, will 'git pull' update both of them, or
only the current branch?
Ok Gordon,
I will try to explain to you how it works, I hope to do :)..
When cloning a GIT repository, what you get is just that, a complete clone the
remote repository. Well, GIT shows you how local branches that are available
for use in your working copy, and as remote, which represent the br
use git branch --all to see local and remote branches, local branches are
created at checkout time.
-Fred
-Message d'origine-
From: Gordon Smith
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 7:21 PM
To: dev@flex.apache.org
Subject: RE: I'm confused about local vs. remote branches
You
ssage-
From: Erik de Bruin [mailto:e...@ixsoftware.nl]
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 11:00 AM
To: dev@flex.apache.org
Subject: Re: I'm confused about local vs. remote branches
The way I understand it, if you do "git checkout develop", it will give you a
local copy of the develop
The way I understand it, if you do "git checkout develop", it will give you a
local copy of the develop branch that tracks 'origin/develop'… but I'm also
just learning git, so please correct me if I'm explaining this wrong.
EdB
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I've cloned the flex-sdk repo. When I do 'git branch' all I see is
* master
but when I do 'git branch -a' I see
* master
remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/master
remotes/origin/develop
remotes/origin/patches
remotes/origin/release4.9
I'm not clear on how to read this, but it looks like the remote r
