Re: Question about 'odd' messages when running git pull -r

[Colin Campbell]

On Thu, 2010-10-07 at 15:29 +0100, James wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Occasionally when i run 'git pull -r' in a terminal I get the following
> 
> > address@hidden:~/lilypond-git$ git pull -r
> > usage: git merge-base [-a|--all] <commit> <commit>...
> >
> >     -a, --all             outputs all common ancestors
> >
> > usage: git merge-base [-a|--all] <commit> <commit>...
> >
> >     -a, --all             outputs all common ancestors
> >
> > usage: git merge-base [-a|--all] <commit> <commit>...
> >
> >     -a, --all             outputs all common ancestors
> 
> this continues on for a while and then it seems to complete ok for 
> instance just now I got...
> 
> > usage: git merge-base [-a|--all] <commit> <commit>...
> >
> >     -a, --all             outputs all common ancestors
> >
> > usage: git merge-base [-a|--all] <commit> <commit>...
> >
> >     -a, --all             outputs all common ancestors
> >
> > remote: Counting objects: 31, done.
> > remote: Compressing objects: 100% (18/18), done.
> > remote: Total 18 (delta 15), reused 0 (delta 0)
> > Unpacking objects: 100% (18/18), done.
> > From git://git.sv.gnu.org/lilypond
> >    15cc5b8..81fca6d  master     -> origin/master
> > First, rewinding head to replay your work on top of it...
> > Fast-forwarded HEAD to 81fca6d4550f635d4846f13cb504d4cb05e3ef59.
> > address@hidden:~/lilypond-git$
> 
> I just wondered why I am getting these 'usage' prompts. I even did a 
> clean install of the whole repository a few days ago to see if this was 
> just 'one of those things' but it seems that it comes and goes.
> 
> It's not a big deal but I wondered if anyone had had the same issues?
> 
> James
> 

AOL, James, and thanks for posing the question!

Colin
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