>>> "AH" == Al Haji-Ali <abdo.haji....@gmail.com> writes: Hello Al
> Hello Uwe, > On 02/03/2021, Uwe Brauer wrote: >> I see >> commit 7a45bb1b1363fc4e3d301c6e9069cac865374efc (HEAD -> tex-build-only, >> origin/tex-build-only) >> > This is the correct commit. > The `origin/tex-build-only` is a direct copy of the remote branch, > when you call `git fetch`, this branch is synchronized with the remote > branch. > The other branch `tex-build-only` is your local copy. When you do `git > pull` while on the local branch `tex-build-only`, this is effectively > translated as two commands > `git fetch origin tex-build-only` > followed by > `git merge origin/tex-build-only` > So the remote branch `origin/tex-build-only` is synchronized then merged into > the local branch `tex-build-only`. > The reason is that you can make changes to your local branch without > affecting the remote branch (until you do `git push`). Also, after > making changes to your local branch, you can get changes from other > contributors and merge them into your local branch before pushing. Thanks for clarifying. I see, as a mercurial user, I find this confusing. I think I will try to use mercurial and the hg-git plugin for the moment. Uwe
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