John Little wrote:
> On Sunday, January 17, 2016 at 4:59:10 AM UTC+13, LCD 47 wrote:
> > The trick is to use "--set-upstream-to". Something like this:
> >
> > git clone https://github.com/vim/vim.git
> > cd vim
> > git co -b local
> > git br -u origin/master
> >
> > This creates a branch named "local", switches to it, and sets it up
> > so that when you run "git pull" it merges changes from GitHub. After
> > that you can just patch and commit your changes to this branch:
> >
> > ... edit ...
> > git ci -am 'Some work done.'
> > ... edit ...
> > git ci -am 'Some more work done.'
> >
> > "git pull" will then merge changes to upstream master to your
> > branch, keeping your changes:
> >
> > git pull
>
> I've following the instructions on vim.org, which says if you have
> local changes use git fetch followed by git merge. This has been a
> dog's breakfast at times, with me running various git commands I don't
> understand (as suggested by cryptic messages) trying to shut git up.
For that reason I have changed the instructions to something that should
always (always?) work:
git stash
git pull
git stash pop
Well, you can still run into merge conflicts, and then you're in trouble
again. It's not easy to find out what to do, even just saying "I don't
care, just trhow away my local changes" does not have an obvious git
command. I would expect "git revert <filename>", but that doesn't work.
"git checkout <filename>" sometimes works. Perhaps with "-f"?
Let's face it, git is nice if you know how to use it, and otherwise it's
a very annoying tool.
> runtime/doc/tags usually gives trouble, despite me putting it in
> .gitignore, and deleting it locally. Today it was:
>
> $ git merge
> CONFLICT (modify/delete): runtime/doc/tags deleted in HEAD and modified in
> refs/remotes/origin/master. Version refs/remotes/origin/master of
> runtime/doc/tags left in tree.
> Automatic merge failed; fix conflicts and then commit the result.
> $ rm runtime/doc/tags
> $ git merge
> error: merge is not possible because you have unmerged files.
> hint: Fix them up in the work tree, and then use 'git add/rm <file>'
> hint: as appropriate to mark resolution and make a commit, or use
> hint: 'git commit -a'.
> fatal: Exiting because of an unresolved conflict.
> $ git commit -a
> [master 589478d] Merge remote-tracking branch 'refs/remotes/origin/master'
>
> How should I make this runtime/doc/tags stuff go away? .gitignore doesn't.
>
> Or, would I be better with the cryptic commands above? (I say cryptic
> because '... use "--set-upstream-to". Something like ...' followed by
> commands where --set-upstream-to does not appear.)
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