Hi, I have a single branch (master). I am using a remote git server (bitbucket) to push my changes to and pull them back down from (technically I always do 'git fetch' and then 'git merge origin/master' rather than 'git pull').
Occasionally I'll notice that after doing the operation that I always do at the beginning of any work, namely: 1). 'git fetch' 2). 'git merge origin/master' I'll see that my local copy is ahead of origin/master by some number of commits. There is no difference in files, but if I type 'git log origin/master..' I'll see that the differences are something like the following: bmalone@babybear:~/my_codes$ git log origin/master.. > > commit d17ac2809465d1b2d0c84de0b3edb1380fd89ef4 > Merge: 2c108a8 86b3471 > Author: Brad Malone <brad.mal...@gmail.com> > Date: Wed May 9 16:26:11 2012 -0700 > Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' > commit 2c108a8073ff032964cf68ee183f3dc9577613cc > Author: Brad Malone <brad.mal...@gmail.com> > Date: Mon May 7 20:57:19 2012 -0700 > Merge branch 'master', remote-tracking branch 'origin' > > What do these things mean? I'd imagine that 'Merge remote-tracking branch origin/master' should have been what happens when I type 'git merge origin/master', but what about the other? Could 'Merge branch master, remote-tracking branch origin' be what happens if I accidentally typed "git merge origin master"? If I do this, what happens exactly? This is an annoying problem (and has happened twice), because it shows up in my commit history as different branches in my commit tree. Clearly I must be doing something wrong, and I'm wondering if accidentally typing 'git merge origin master' (which I do not know for sure that I have actually done, but I'm speculating) could be the cause of my problem, or whether it's something else. Thanks so much for reading this! Best, Brad -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/git-users/-/yZKpmYDDjRYJ. 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.