Re: How to update Git's metadata without affecting working dir?

Hi Philip Oakley,

Minor correction: the Google groups question is a duplicate of this &
not the other way around.

My first mail to git[at]vger.kernel.org got rejected, claiming some
virus reason (I don't even know C or OS basics, server is just blaming
me). So I reposted it from live-ubuntu machine; I was afraid my
question would never show up on mailing list.

Also git-scm site says this mailing list is for bug reports also. I
was afraid my question would be ignored as trivial.

Because of those doubts, I duplicated it on
git-users[at]googlegroups.com, I had no intention to spam this awesome
group.

Thank You.

On Sat, May 18, 2019 at 5:42 AM Rocky Ji [off-list ref] wrote:

Hi Philip Oakley,

Minor correction: the Google groups question is a duplicate of this & not the other way around.

My first mail to git[at]vger.kernel.org got rejected, claiming some virus reason (I don't even know C or OS basics). After reposting; I was afraid my question would never show up on mailing list.

And git-scm site said this mailing list is for bug reports also. I was afraid my question would be ignored as trivial.

Because of those doubts, I duplicated it on git-users[at]googlegroups.com

On Sat, May 18, 2019, 02:24 Philip Oakley [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

This is a duplicate of a question on the Git Users list.

On 17/05/2019 18:04, Rocky Ji wrote:

quoted

I am working individually at the moment.
I have the habit of committing related changes on a regular basis, but
I push to GitLab only at the end of class session.

-------Events to reproduce the situation--------

Thursday, in school:
- `git clone https://gitlab.../my-repo`
- create a few .rst documentation files
- commit the above changes before I `git push -U origin master`

Friday, in school:
- start working on new feature, create a test file `test_A.rb`
- I commit the changes but forget to push

Sunday, **in home**:
- I `git clone https://gitlab.../my-repo`
- work on the exciting new feature that popped in my head, create `feature.rb`
- commit the changes before I `git push -U origin master`

Monday, in school:
- running `git status` shows `Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master'
by 1 commit.`

--------end problem reproduction----------------

Questions I have

1. What will happen if I follow Git's recommendation `use "git push"
to publish your local commits`?
2. How do I resolve this situation? I don't want loose any information
i.e. preserve `test_A.rb` and `feature.rb` along with their commit
messages and timestamps.
3. Why does Git assume that local-working-dir is "ahead" without
consulting the Gitlab server first?
4. How to make Git "consult" (but not mess the working-dir) GitLab
repo before starting my day's work?

Thank you.