Re: basic question about push

Jeff King [off-list ref] writes:

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 07:04:59AM +0000, Russ Paielli wrote:

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warning: updating the current branch         
[...]
What does this mean in English? And what is the correct way to transfer my
revisions from my home computer to my work computer? Thanks.

It means your workflow will cause problems as the pusher magically
changes your repository's concept of "the latest commit" behind the
pushee's back. The workflow you want is described here:

  http://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/GitFaq#push-is-reverse-of-fetch

I saw somebody referred to this entry and refused to study the entry
immediately after seeing the word "firewalled", saying "my environment is
not firewalled", without trying to judge if the description applies to his
case.  This was understandable; the workflow will apply in non-firewalled
case just as well, even though "firewalled" case may be the easiest to see
why it is recommended.

Perhaps the title of the entry needs to be rewritten to clarify that this
is not _limited_ to a firewalled situation?

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 11:08:06AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

quoted

  http://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/GitFaq#push-is-reverse-of-fetch

I saw somebody referred to this entry and refused to study the entry
immediately after seeing the word "firewalled", saying "my environment is
not firewalled", without trying to judge if the description applies to his
case.  This was understandable; the workflow will apply in non-firewalled
case just as well, even though "firewalled" case may be the easiest to see
why it is recommended.

Perhaps the title of the entry needs to be rewritten to clarify that this
is not _limited_ to a firewalled situation?

I agree, and just tweaked the title and text a bit. After doing that, I
realized that you had already done so a few hours ago, too. :) So
between the two of us, hopefully it is better.

-Peff