Re: Issue updating files during a checkout from a remote push

Sorry to keep answering my own questions directly after posting...

I just tried with a 'git commit -f' and the files updated.

Can anyone tell me if this is good practice? I would have thought a  
normal commit would update from index to head - isnt always forcing it  
creating potentially bad merges?

Kind regards, Steve.

On Nov 6, 2008, at 6:04 PM, Steve Walker wrote:

Hi there,

Hoping someone could point me in the right direction here.

The overall issue is that with files that have been pushed into our  
repo on our server, when we then check out into local working copy  
the new files appear, but the updated files dont update even though  
the output suggests it has. The flow I'm doing:

1. The file I'm testing an update to is this:

-rw-r--r--   1 root    www-data       0 2008-11-06 16:13 steve-git- 
test3.txt

2. On my local box I change file, add it, commit, then push it from  
my local box to our server repo:

StevePoota:public_html steve$ vi steve-git-test3.txt
StevePoota:public_html steve$ git add steve-git-test3.txt
StevePoota:public_html steve$ git commit
Created commit e29b724: testing only
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
StevePoota:public_html steve$ git push ssh://idibu.com/home/beta_idibu/public_html 
 master:master
Counting objects: 5, done.
Compressing objects: 100% (2/2), done.
Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 272 bytes, done.
Total 3 (delta 1), reused 0 (delta 0)
To ssh://idibu.com/home/beta_idibu/public_html
  a28332a..e29b724  master -> master

3. It all looks good, on my server if i do a 'git log' I can see in  
the latest update:

oneworld:/home/beta_idibu/public_html# git log
commit e29b7246beab458d6a7b53cb245a5596adc8c198
Author: Steve [off-list ref]
Date:   Thu Nov 6 17:55:21 2008 +0100

   testing only

4. So I check out:

oneworld:/home/beta_idibu/public_html# git checkout master
M	.gitignore
M	steve-git-test.txt
M	steve-git-test2.txt
M	steve-git-test3.txt
Already on branch "master"
oneworld:/home/beta_idibu/public_html#

and its telling me that file has been modified

but checking my file it hasnt changed by date stamp, and looking  
insie the file my changes arent there :((

-rw-r--r--   1 root    www-data       0 2008-11-06 16:13 steve-git- 
test3.txt

I'm stumped. I tried 777'ing that file temporarily in case git  
couldnt write to that file on checkout. What is strange is that when  
I add new files to the system it works - for example this file I'm  
testing no was originally added to the server via an external push.

If anyone could give me some help I'd be very grateful.

Kind regards, Steve.

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