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[ #54 ] git-push Gotcha Permalink
The Git FAQ has an entry of note:
Why won't I see changes in the remote repo after "git push"? The push operation is always about propagating the repository history and updating the refs, and never touches the working tree files. In particular, if you push to update the branch that is checked out in a remote repository the files in the work tree will not be updated.
This is a feature not a bug, despite what certain other bloggers will tell you. Why? Because you might have some uncommitted changes in the remote repo - and you don't want a git-push from somewhere wiping them out without getting a chance to commit them.
That being said, suppose you do want the remote repo to automatically update its working tree when you do a git-push. Well, you can get a nice post-update hook here http://utsl.gen.nz/git/post-update
Or, if you are certain your remote repo hasn't been changed (git-status can help you find this out) then you can simply run:
remote$ git reset --hard HEAD
... on it (the remote repo) and the repo there will match the repo that you pushed from.
(Oh yeah, this tip obviously only applies to remote repos that haven't been initialised with the --bare option... so it only applies to a specific type of workflow.)
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