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diff --git a/doc/walkthrough/getting_file_content.mdwn b/doc/walkthrough/getting_file_content.mdwn index 71f95f79e..5ad97bc32 100644 --- a/doc/walkthrough/getting_file_content.mdwn +++ b/doc/walkthrough/getting_file_content.mdwn @@ -6,14 +6,18 @@ We can use this to copy everything in the laptop's annex to the USB drive. # cd /media/usb/annex - # git pull laptop + # git fetch laptop + # git merge laptop/master # git annex get . get my_cool_big_file (from laptop...) ok get iso/debian.iso (from laptop...) ok -Notice that you had to git pull from laptop first, this lets git-annex know -what has changed in laptop, and so it knows about the files present there and -can get them. The alternate approach is to set up a central bare repository, -and always push changes to it after committing them, then in the above, -you can just pull from the central repository to get synced up to all -repositories. +Notice that you had to git fetch and merge from laptop first, this lets +git-annex know what has changed in laptop, and so it knows about the files +present there and can get them. + +The alternate approach is to set up a +[[central bare repository|tips/centralized_git_repository_tutorial]], and +always push changes to it after committing them, then in the above, +you can just pull from the central repository to get synced up to +all repositories. |