Re: odd configure error

[Reinhold Kainhofer]

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On Samstag, 28. März 2009 10:48:16 Graham Percival wrote:
> I'm confused.  To update git (assuming I'm in the top-level
> directory), do I need:
>   git fetch
>   git rebase origin/master
> or
>   git pull
> ?

Both work. There is one difference, though, if you have a local commit:

- -) git fetch + git rebase will take that local commit and append it after 
  the HEAD of current master, so it will be
   yourcommit (=new local master)
          |
   current_remote_head
          |
    state when you last pulled/fetched

- -) git pull will merge your local commit and the current remote master:
       (local master; merged)
          |                                       \
    current_remote_head        your_commit
          |                                       /
    state when you last pulled/fetched


So, in the end the files will look similar in both cases (they will contain 
both the local and the remote changes), but the history will be different...

Cheers,
Reinhold

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