Re: GIT: how do I update my local copy?

[Allan Duncan <amd2345 fastmail com au>]

dmg wrote:
> git pull

Tried that first:

>
> rm -rf librep
>
> git clone git://git.gnome.org/librep
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/alland/Sawfish/librep/.git/
remote: Counting objects: 15678, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (3728/3728), done.
remote: Total 15678 (delta 11845), reused 15678 (delta 11845)
Receiving objects: 100% (15678/15678), 2.84 MiB | 159 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (11845/11845), done.
>
> git pull librep
fatal: Not a git repository
>
> git pull git://git.gnome.org/librep
fatal: Not a git repository
>

Damned if I can work out the syntax it wants:

> git pull --help
...
SYNOPSIS
       git pull <options> <repository> <refspec>...

DESCRIPTION
       Runs git-fetch with the given parameters, and calls git-merge to merge
       the retrieved head(s) into the current
       branch. With --rebase, calls git-rebase instead of git-merge.
...
       <refspec>
           The canonical format of a <refspec> parameter is +?<src>:<dst>;
           that is, an optional plus +, followed by the
           source ref, followed by a colon :, followed by the destination ref.

           The remote ref that matches <src> is fetched, and if <dst> is not
           empty string, the local ref that matches it
           is fast forwarded using <src>. Again, if the optional plus + is
           used, the local ref is updated even if it does
           not result in a fast forward update.

OK...

> git pull git://git.gnome.org/ librep:librep
fatal: Not a git repository
>

GAHHH!

This is one of those man pages that only makes sense if you already know the answer.
The examples are all for complicated cases, not the elementary case that a newbie wants.