The problem, if you haven't already realised, is that when git started the
second step of the pull - the merge step - it was 'mixing together' your local
version and the fetched version, and having noticed the conflicts, then left
your working directory in that 'dirty' state for you to resolve (i.e fix).
The usual response is to use 'git reset --hard' to throw away any changes.
Given that you said that you don't do any changes this is a reasonable thing to
do as it would make the directory clean again. However it is a big gun, and in
fact you don't want to go back to what you had before, rather you want to go
forward to use what you fectched from the upstream.
So first do the 'git branch -f master origin/master' to force your master to
think it is identical to origin/master (assuming origin is your remote's name,
and it is their master branch you fetch). No you can use 'git reset --hard' to
make your worktree clean relative to your updated ref for master and
origin/master.
also have a look at http://git-scm.com/blog on reset demystified.
'git reset --hard' will assume the use of HEAD which is the current branch.
You can also shortcut this process via 'git reset --hard origin/master'
(assuming you are on master branch) see
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15432052/what-is-the-meaning-of-git-reset-hard-origin-master
and https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-reset.html
Philip
- Original Message -
From: nmac...@iburst.co.za
To: git-users@googlegroups.com
Cc: nmac...@iburst.co.za ; Philip Oakley
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 2:38 AM
Subject: Re: [git-users] File in master messed up after adding someone's topic
On Friday, January 3, 2014 6:27:21 PM UTC+2, Philip Oakley wrote:
First, don't panic. Nothing is lost.
It sound like the 'pull' workflow you are using, does not match the work
style of the upstream project.
Having removed the topic, I only have one branch - master. Somehow, the
problem file is the version from the topic, not the version in master at
Gitorious.
Using Windows 7, mysysgit 1.81. My path includes C:\PROGS\Programming\Git\cmd
where gitk.cmd is.
If I run gitk I get an error message - see attachment.
But gitk should be irrelevant as I only have one branch - master. It is just
that somehow I need to get git happy with the correct version of this file.
Then do a 'gitk --all' to view all the different branches and their
locations, and then do the update you need.
Aye, therein lies the rub!! I get told to either stash or commit. Stash
doesn't help because I have not made local changes (git did it for me) and I
tried a commit with the comment Ignore/Delete - Fixing file conflict. Also
didn't help.
- Original Message -
From: nma...@iburst.co.za
To: git-...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 4:42 AM
Subject: [git-users] File in master messed up after adding someone's topic
I just use git to keep up with bleeding edge changes to a project. Don't
edit/commit or anything.
Added someone's topic to get their files for review.
Then removed the topic.
However, one file in master was changed by adding the topic. (I didn't
touch it.)
Now I can no longer do a pull because it reports a merge conflict.
I can access the latest version of that file (master version), and use
copy and paste, but of course git then says I have edited the file and I must
either stash or commit.
Stashing reverts me to the incorrect version of the file.
What can I do? Short of starting from scratch - the repository is about
5GB - 12 hours download.
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