[git-users] managing only-local changes

2011-11-20 Thread Rustom Mody
When I am working with a certain git repo I need to make a 1 line change to the Makefile (for adapting to my paths) So then whenever I do git pull I get error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge: Makefile Please, commit your changes or stash them

Re: [git-users] managing only-local changes

2011-11-20 Thread radovan bast
is it a repo that you only use or a repo where you contribute to? if you only receive (git pull) but never contribute (git push), then i would commit your changes locally. then subsequent updates will be merged with your local change until somebody else modifies and git pushes the path,

Re: [git-users] managing only-local changes

2011-11-20 Thread Rustom Mody
On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 11:59 PM, radovan bast radovan.b...@uit.no wrote: is it a repo that you only use or a repo where you contribute to? if you also contribute to the repo then i would change your Makefile: separate it into a generic part and a specific part (Makefile.config, included