Re: [git-users] Basic question: confusing messages with git merge

2012-05-11 Thread Antony Male
On 10/05/2012 12:49 am, Brad wrote: 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? Good guesswork! One of git's merge algorithms is called an 'octopus merge', and merges more than

[git-users] Basic question: confusing messages with git merge

2012-05-09 Thread Brad
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