updated from pesco's darcs repo, current to Oct 11 version

[git.ikiwiki.info.git] / doc / rcs / git.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/rcs/git.mdwn b/doc/rcs/git.mdwn
index 74402e1558e91638384d8a011511d20eb2f7ee32..b210af825f47b94f6f5d5be0b3d0ee0f2f55cba7 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/rcs/git.mdwn
+++ b/doc/rcs/git.mdwn
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[[meta title="Git"]]
+[[!meta title="Git"]]

 
 [Git][git] is a distributed revison control system originally developed for
 the Linux kernel. Ikiwiki supports storing a wiki in git.
 
 [Git][git] is a distributed revison control system originally developed for
 the Linux kernel. Ikiwiki supports storing a wiki in git.


@@ -17,11 +17,7 @@ shallow, single level tree, with a bare repository (meaning that it
 does not have a working tree checked out) at the root, and various
 working clones (with working directories) as leaf nodes.  The root
 (bare) repository is meant to be pushed to and pulled from the various
 does not have a working tree checked out) at the root, and various
 working clones (with working directories) as leaf nodes.  The root
 (bare) repository is meant to be pushed to and pulled from the various

-working clones. The image below displays the relationship between the
-root repository and the clone repositories (this is not a directory
-layout):
-
-![Git repository relationships](http://people.debian.org/~srivasta/ikiwiki_git.png)
+working clones.

 
 One of the leaf node clone repositories is special; it has working
 directory which is used to compile the wiki from, and is also used by the
 
 One of the leaf node clone repositories is special; it has working
 directory which is used to compile the wiki from, and is also used by the


@@ -138,3 +134,28 @@ have a hook that is run locally after pulling changes. Newer
 versions of git will have a `post-merge` hook that should work for
 this purpose.
 
 versions of git will have a `post-merge` hook that should work for
 this purpose.
 

+## Fix for error on git pull origin
+
+Error message when running git pull origin:
+
+    You asked me to pull without telling me which branch you
+    want to merge with, and 'branch.master.merge' in
+    your configuration file does not tell me either.  Please
+    name which branch you want to merge on the command line and
+    try again (e.g. 'git pull <repository> <refspec>').
+    See git-pull(1) for details on the refspec.
+    
+    If you often merge with the same branch, you may want to
+    configure the following variables in your configuration
+    file:
+    
+        branch.master.remote = <nickname>
+        branch.master.merge = <remote-ref>
+        remote.<nickname>.url = <url>
+        remote.<nickname>.fetch = <refspec>
+    
+    See git-config(1) for details.
+
+The solution is to run this command in your srcdir:
+
+    git config branch.master.remote origin