From 4553cbad19c088387cac5d82f655852c330ab981 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Stephenson Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 18:31:50 +0100 Subject: 34920: info on git pull --- ChangeLog | 4 ++++ Etc/zsh-development-guide | 11 +++++++++-- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 9eff8fbb2..d980558d8 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2015-04-17 Peter Stephenson + + * 34920: Etc/zsh-development-guide: info on git pull. + 2015-04-17 Daniel Hahler * 34899: Completion/Unix/Command/_vim: completion: _vim: add diff --git a/Etc/zsh-development-guide b/Etc/zsh-development-guide index 2ed75423b..7f5266bd9 100644 --- a/Etc/zsh-development-guide +++ b/Etc/zsh-development-guide @@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ Git Workflow Zsh has migrated from CVS to git for version control. Thus far, we have avoided further changes to our workflow. - + * To allow changesets to be cross-referenced between the mailing list archives and version control history, commit messages should start with the mailing list sequence number. This number is generated by the list server and inserted as an X-Seq: header field in the e-mail. - + * An entry in the ChangeLog file should be added manually before pushing a commit to the master repository. Don't create a separate change for this: amend the existing commit in your local repository. @@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ Micro Git Tutorial: % $VISUAL file1.c file2.c new-file3.c % git add new-file3.c % git commit -a + % git pull --rebase % git push "git commit -a" automatically finds files which are tracked and have @@ -89,6 +90,12 @@ Micro Git Tutorial: the index to be part of the next commit, and can be used for new files or for existing files (commit -a is a shortcut for the latter) +"git pull --rebase" ensures your local branch is up to date, needed +before pushing; the "--rebase" option means that any changes +in files also modified by you are handled by replaying your changes +onto the remote ones, which avoids any unnecessary merges in the +resulting history. + "git push" assumes that you're on the master branch and the repository was created by cloning it from some place, with default options. -- cgit 1.4.1