Re: GIT pull

cvalusek [off-list ref] writes:

If a user has local modifications not on the index and does a pull, I have
seen git attempt to start applying the merge to master and abort. The whole
checkout is then left in a terrible state that is nearly
unrecoverable.

What do you mean by "terrible state"? What does "git status" say?

In the past, I thought GIT would run some sort of check to identify
these problems before it attempts the merge.

Git does check uncommited changes before merging. It allows the merge if
the changes touch different files (i.e. if the merge is guaranteed not
to touch the same files as the one for which you have uncommited
changes).

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Matthieu Moy
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