On 2008-11-25, Endre Bakka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>> to get the pull to work, I had to delete large portions of the
>> working copy tree to avoid errors about "overwriting
>> non-controlled working file" or something like that.
>>
>> After I got the pull to work, I needed to do a checkout to
>> replace the files I had deleted.
>
> Ok, sounds like you've done some strange things here,

Evidently.  I swear I followed the instructions on the Wiki,
but when I tried to do a pull, I got one failure after another
complaining about overwriting uncontrolled working files. It
complained about almost every file in the tree (except those
under arch/nios).  In order to get the pull to complete, I had
to delete most of the source tree.  Then the pull worked, and
when I ran it again, it said "already up-to-date".  Except that
much of the source tree was still missing.  A "git checkout"
fixed that.

> but you might be good. I would recommend that you read a few
> git tutorials and create a couple of test repositories that
> you play with (create one, clone it and try
> edit/commit/pull/fetch/merge/branch operations). Make sure you
> understand remote and local branches, and how the merge
> process works. git is powerful, but has a steep learning curve
> and take some getting used to.

And I made the mistake of following the instructions on the
Wiki without understanding what was going on.

-- 
Grant

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