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').
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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
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