Bug 564638

Summary:	dev-vcs/git-2.6.5 pull no longer supports "-u" update command
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Steve Arnold <nerdboy>
Component:	Eclasses	Assignee:	Robin Johnson <robbat2>
Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Severity:	major	CC:	grknight, polynomial-c
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Steve Arnold archtester

2015-11-01 16:19:06 UTC

Is it too old to fix?

 * Package:    xfce-extra/xfce4-soundmenu-plugin-9999
 * Repository: nerdboy-local
 * Maintainer: xfce@gentoo.org
 * USE:        abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc glyr kernel_linux keybinder lastfm u
serland_GNU
 * FEATURES:   ccache distcc preserve-libs sandbox userpriv usersandbox
>>> Unpacking source...
Already on 'master'
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.
error: unknown switch `u'
usage: git pull [options] [<repository> [<refspec>...]]

    -v, --verbose         be more verbose
    -q, --quiet           be more quiet
    --progress            force progress reporting

Comment 1 Steve Arnold archtester

2015-11-01 21:20:58 UTC

Amazingly, this works at a shell prompt: git fetch -u

So I'm a little puzzled why git-2 barfs with the "-u" error.

Comment 2 Steve Arnold archtester

2015-11-01 21:23:36 UTC

And I removed "-u" from the two commands in git-2.eclass and the package merges fine.

Comment 3 Brian Evans (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2015-11-10 14:51:09 UTC

(In reply to Steve Arnold from comment #1)
> Amazingly, this works at a shell prompt: git fetch -u
> 
> So I'm a little puzzled why git-2 barfs with the "-u" error.

The reason is that 'git pull' no longer has the -u flag (bug?) but is still in the man page. dev-vcs/git-2.6.3 tested.

Works on git-2.4.10

Comment 4 Robin Johnson archtester

2020-12-07 07:32:20 UTC

I believe this ticket is obsolete, if the problem persists, please reopen