Thanks! that's a helpful response. Kel
On Sep 2, 4:09 pm, Rick DeNatale <rick.denat...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Kelvin<kelvin.jo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi friends, > > Our team is considering switching to git and I had one question for > > you. One of the most attractive features of Git is the branching. > > However, is it possible to sync your local branch with a remote server > > without merging it with HEAD? > > I assume you mean without merging it with master, you merge branches, > in git HEAD is not the same thing as (the main/a) branch. > > > The primary reason for me to want this is so that I can keep checking > > in my code into a remote repo as a backup. From what I understood, > > each person would have their own local repository and I would commit > > my code against my local repo. However, this means all my changes are > > only located on my own physical machine (and are not backed up). > > Just push the branch as in > > git push remote my_branch > > Now you might run into an issue of master (or an ancestor branch of > your branch) has changed since you created the branch which will cause > the push to fail with a complaint about not being a "fast-forward", > you can resolve this usually with a git pull --rebase to rebase your > branch on the changes to your branches ancestor(s). > > See the man page for git-push in the section on fast forwards. > > -- > Rick DeNatale > > Blog:http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ > Twitter:http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale > WWR:http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale > LinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 git-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
