Re: subtree merging fails

2017-02-08 Thread Stavros Liaskos
@Samuel Lijin I tried now and I get: "merge: branch_name
- not something we can merge". Maybe that is something easy to fix but currently I am using a workaround script so I am not putting any more effort at this at the moment. @David Aguilar That's true but the trailing slash is already there.

Re: subtree merging fails

2017-02-07 Thread David Aguilar
On Tue, Feb 07, 2017 at 08:59:06AM -0600, Samuel Lijin wrote: > Have you tried using (without -s subtree) -X subtree=path/to/add/subtree/at? > > From the man page: > > subtree[=] >This option is a more advanced form of subtree > strategy, where the strategy >

Re: subtree merging fails

2017-02-07 Thread Samuel Lijin
Have you tried using (without -s subtree) -X subtree=path/to/add/subtree/at? >From the man page: subtree[=] This option is a more advanced form of subtree strategy, where the strategy makes a guess on how two trees must be shifted to match with each other

subtree merging fails

2017-02-07 Thread Stavros Liaskos
Following the instructions here: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v1/Git-Tools-Subtree-Merging will lead to an error. In particular, if the subtree is merged and then updated, this command that is supposed to update the local subtree fails with a fatal: refusing to merge unrelated histories error. $

Re: subtree merging fails

2017-02-06 Thread Johannes Schindelin
Hi Stavros, On Mon, 6 Feb 2017, Stavros Liaskos wrote: > Please check this issue for a description of the bug: > https://github.com/git/git-scm.com/issues/896#issuecomment-277587626 Just an observation from my side: if I see a request for help on this mailing list where the sender merely

subtree merging fails

2017-02-06 Thread Stavros Liaskos
Hi, Please check this issue for a description of the bug: https://github.com/git/git-scm.com/issues/896#issuecomment-277587626 Regards, Stavros