Thanks Luuk, This answers my question. - Eric
On Apr 23, 12:58 am, Luuk Paulussen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Eric, > You should be able to do: > > git fetch origin #This should fetch all remote refs, including the > remote origin/dij without updating anything locally. > git checkout -b dij origin/dij #this will create a local branch > called dij to track origin/dij > > To reverse the effects of your initial pull, you might want to do: > git checkout master > git reset --hard origin/master #nb, this will destroy any local > changes to origin master. > > git pull basically does a git fetch followed by a git merge, which is > not really what you wanted. Once you have done the above, you should > be able to do "git pull origin" on any branch to update that branch. > > Cheers, > Luuk > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
