I am just starting with git but I have a seemingly working remote repository. However, a recent problem has made it clear I do not understand what I have. I followed some cookbook instructions for setting up a bare repository which worked but left me without a good understand of what I did. My setup consists of a Linus repository (bare) into which I imported an Eclipse project. I then cloned that repository on Windows and got a working Eclipse project using Egit. After making some changes I did a commit on Windows and pushed them upstream. I did not receive any feedback (positive or negative) from that operation so I assumed that it worked. I then went to my Linux server where I maintain a build directory which was also a clone from the bare repository. I did a pull and it seemed like some files were updated but when I looked at them they were not the latest version. I then did a 'fetch' followed by a 'reset' and that worked. Among those things that are not clear is where does the bare repository get the source code from when a pull or fetch is requested, as there is nothing recognizable as source in that directory (that is the part that seems like magic)? What is the difference between 'pull' and 'fetch' such that one worked and the other didn't and which is the correct way to maintain the source in my build directory (as part of my build script)? The build directory is not used for changing source it is only for running builds so no commits will ever be done there. I maintain the code on Windows, then want to push the changes upstream to the remote Linux repository and finally do builds with that code in the build directory. Some clarification of what is happening would be very helpful. TIA.
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