Janek Warchoł <janek.lilyp...@gmail.com> writes: > git remote add -ft staging -m staging origin > git://git.sv.gnu.org/lilypond.git/ > > (in analogy to what is written in > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.15/Documentation/contributor/downloading-remote-branches > about downloading master), but git protested > > fatal: remote origin already exists. > > i suppose this means that 'git remote' is used for whole "locations > (references)", not branches. How can i add a branch, then? I've > searched CG but found nothing. I finally tried 'git checkout staging' > and surprisingly it worked, but git message was a bit alarming: > > Branch staging set up to track remote branch staging from testorigin. > Switched to a new branch 'staging' > > what is "testorigin"? It is possible that it was something i > accidentally set up 3 months ago, i don't remember; nevertheless this > doesn't make much sense to me. > Can you help?
Personally, I've mostly given up with the git command line for config stuff. Just post the contents of .git/config and we'll go from there, seeing what you should do using a text editor. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
