git fetch doesn't update my local repository
What I want:
Update all news commits from server with my local repository in all branch but do not merge any branch (just join the history lines).
I am trying this command
git fetch --force --progress --verbose name@host:/path/to/repository.git
I thought it will work fine, because it show:
From host:/path/to/repository
* branch HEAD -> FETCH_HEAD
But, what means this output? If I see the log, it wasn't update. If I do a clone from server, all new commits are there. So... The command not work. Then I try with a branch that exist in server but not in my local repository
git fetch --force --progress --verbose name@host:/path/to/repository.git my_branch
The result is:
From host:/path/to/repository
* branch my_branch -> FETCH_HEAD
And any success... Even if I not know all branches and my branch was update, I want to fetch this changes and can see in my log.
Any idea to do it work?
Answer
When you fetch you get the remote branches, but you still need to merge the changes from the remote branch into your local branch to see those changes.
After fetching, try this:
git log origin/yourbranchname | head
git log yourbranchname | head
Do you see the difference?
Now do:
git checkout origin/yourbranchname -b newbranchname
git log newbranchname
You should see remote changes in the newbranchname.
You can also merge those changes into your branch with
git checkout yourbranchname
git merge origin/yourbranchname