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Packages pushed to repository don't download [message #1087466]

Thu, 15 August 2013 17:40

George Clapp

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Registered: August 2013

Junior Member

I'm new to egit and working with my first repository. I'm developing software on two machines: one Windows 7 (local) and the other Ubuntu 13.04 (remote). I created a GitHub account and repository to synchronize between the two machines. I discovered the repository was missing packages, so I added them to the local Windows 7 repository and uploaded it to GitHub. On the remote Ubuntu machine, I used "team->fetch from upstream" to update. However, the added packages don't appear on the Ubuntu machine. I tried to download again, but egit says everything is up-to-date.
I'd appreciate any suggestions.
Thanks.

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Re: Packages pushed to repository don't download [message #1088059 is a reply to message #1087466]

Fri, 16 August 2013 14:19

R Shapiro

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Registered: June 2011

Senior Member

What exactly do you mean by "package" ?
Whatever you mean, you are aware that 'fetch' won't make any changes in your working files, right? The fetch operation just copies commits from one repository to another.

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Re: Packages pushed to repository don't download [message #1088129 is a reply to message #1088059]

Fri, 16 August 2013 16:20

George Clapp

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Registered: August 2013

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Many thanks for your email. I'm a beginner with egit. What I mean by "package" is an Eclipse java package, as in "Package Explorer." I did not know that the fetch operation just copies commits. I thought that it updated the working files, too. How do I update my working files?
Thanks.

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Re: Packages pushed to repository don't download [message #1089846 is a reply to message #1088129]

Mon, 19 August 2013 10:21

Matthew Webber

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Registered: December 2010

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The "Pull" operation is what you want - it does a "Fetch" (update your local clone) followed by a "Merge" of the newly received commits (from the applicable branch) into your working directory.
Matthew

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Re: Packages pushed to repository don't download [message #1089993 is a reply to message #1089846]

Mon, 19 August 2013 15:00

R Shapiro

Messages: 386
Registered: June 2011

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For completeness : pull can do either fetch + merge or fetch+rebase. Merge is the default, personally I usually use rebase, which you can set in the clone's local configuration. EGit lets you choose merge or rebase in the branch creation dialog, which is pretty handy.

Pull can also just do the merge or rebase, as configured, without a fetch, This is what happens when the branch you're tracking is local rather than remote. Again, EGit has good support for local tracking, unless you're using a fairly old version.

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