Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 20:35:01 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem with git-pull Message-ID: <ZQCvVc9xgnDKVQTd@c720-r368166> In-Reply-To: <ZQCG9S9S51UcYtuG@squirrel.exwg.net> References: <ZQCD60W0A5YpJOeS@c720-r368166> <ZQCG9S9S51UcYtuG@squirrel.exwg.net>
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El día martes, septiembre 12, 2023 a las 05:42:45p. m. +0200, Christoph Moench-Tegeder escribió: > ## Matthias Apitz (guru@unixarea.de): > > > but when I now say 'git pull .' it says only: > > Drop the ".", because: > 1. the first non-option to "git pull" is the repository, so you're > pulling from the current directory, which makes no sense for your > case. > 2. git updates the whole repository, which is a good thing[tm] (yes, > there are ways and means, but in gereral one wants to keep a repo > consistent). Thanks! I'm coming from a CVS and SVN background where updating only sub-trees is possible (and with good intention also normal). Without the "." it updated the full tree and I built successful the one package in question with poudriere. matthias -- Matthias Apitz, ✉ guru@unixarea.de, http://www.unixarea.de/ +49-176-38902045 Public GnuPG key: http://www.unixarea.de/key.pub
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