Re: git question

[Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>]

On Dec 2, 2017, at 2:23 PM, e-mail graham.shanks via Wireshark-dev <wireshark-dev () wireshark org> wrote:

> After submitting some changes to git review and getting them accepted I get the following message when I do a git 
> status:
>
> C:\Development\wireshark>git status
> On branch master
> Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by 3 commits.
> (use "git push" to publish your local commits)
> nothing to commit, working tree clean
>
> A search on this message suggests that I need to do a git pull --rebase, but the documentation suggests that this 
> will synchronise with the remote repository (which is what I want to do) but then try to apply the commits (which I 
> don't want to do, I think). The git documentation on rebase doesn't seem to cover what I think the wireshark 
> repository is doing.
>
> Is git pull --rebase the correct thing to do?

What I do is:

        git commit my changes;

        git review;

and, once the changes are accepted (by me or by somebody else):

        git pull

        git rebase, and just say "go ahead and merge".

This works fine for me.

> Also did I do something wrong to get into this state?

You believed that Git's model of the world is simple and that it's straightforward to use:

        
http://devluchadore.wordpress.com/2012/07/30/there-are-over-2-million-search-results-when-you-google-git-sucks-because-git-sucks/

        https://stevebennett.me/2012/02/24/10-things-i-hate-about-git/

        http://jheriko-rtw.blogspot.com/2013/11/why-i-hate-git.html

        http://amplicate.com/hate/git

        http://ventrellathing.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/git-a-nightmare-of-mixed-metaphors/

        http://m3mnoch.tumblr.com/post/1254602773/i-hate-git

        https://alpha.app.net/isaiah/post/13619881

        http://jordi.inversethought.com/blog/enough-git/

        http://git-man-page-generator.lokaltog.net/

        http://bitquabit.com/post/unorthodocs-abandon-your-dvcs-and-return-to-sanity/

        http://stevelosh.com/blog/2013/04/git-koans/

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