On Thursday, February 8, 2007 at 14:13:47 (-0800) Linus Torvalds writes:

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>On Thu, 8 Feb 2007, Bill Lear wrote:

>>

>> However, I still have a few open issues with the other branch of this

>> discussion, i.e., why can we not have an update operation that

>> respects branches in the first place, as 'git pull' seems to do, when

>> run from the master branch?

>

>Actually, git does that all correctly for other branches too, but only in

>git-1.5.

>

>...

>So it might be worth while trying out git-1.5.0-rc4, and seeing if that

>solves some of the UI issues for you guys. It changes things like where

>the default remote branches are, and makes the distinction between "my

>local copy of branch X" and "the remote branch X" much clearer, which has

>clearly been a UI problem.

Ok, very reasonable.  I've been our corporate guinea pig, so I'll give

this a whirl.  One thing I'm very, very happy about in git is the

ability to quickly experiment.  Believe it or not, I have solved

actual git problems in our company by doing just that.  Of necessity,

it's largely my complaints and problems that are aired here, though.
Bill

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