Re: [oll-user] Git workflow

[Phil H. <ma...@ph...>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Urs Liska" <ul...@op...>
To: "Phil Holmes" <ma...@ph...>; 
<ope...@li...>
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2014 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: [oll-user] Git workflow


>
>
> Phil Holmes <ma...@ph...> schrieb:
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Urs Liska" <ul...@op...>
>>To: <ope...@li...>
>>Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 9:58 PM
>>Subject: Re: [oll-user] Git workflow
>>>
>>> Hm, just to be precise: you're not forking a branch but a repository.
>>> That is: you have forked the complete repository, which contains all
>>> branches.
>>> Maybe that's what you meant, I just think these issues have to be
>>clear.
>>
>>If I look at my git repo, it appears to be a snapshot when I forked it
>>and
>>doesn't contain the later branch.
>
> Yes, that's the way it works.
>
>> I therefore can't checkout the
>>Schumann
>>branch.  How do I fix that?
>
> Assuming you have the fork as the "origin" and the main repo as the 
> "upstream" remote you can
>
> git fetch upstream
>

I obviously don't:

$ git fetch upstream
fatal: 'upstream' does not appear to be a git repository
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

How do I set your repo as upstream?

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Phil Holmes