Use git remote update

[git-wiki.git] / pep-103.txt

diff --git a/pep-103.txt b/pep-103.txt
index 7765eebeea07de707cbed12625a0a90247aff711..f17f08fed55035935c912f7bca112ce230198763 100644 (file)
--- a/pep-103.txt
+++ b/pep-103.txt
@@ -193,6 +193,14 @@ remote-tracking branches, creates a local branch ``v1``, configure it
 to track upstream remotes/origin/v1 branch and checks out ``v1`` into
 the working directory.
 
+Some commands, like ``git status``, report the difference between
+local and remote branches. Please remember they only do comparison
+with remote-tracking branches in your local repository, and the state
+of those remote-tracking branches can be outdated. To update
+remote-tracking branches you either fetch and merge (or rebase)
+commits from the remote repository or update remote-tracking branches
+without updating local branches.
+
 
 Updating local and remote-tracking branches
 -------------------------------------------
@@ -344,6 +352,12 @@ That changed in git 2.3, but see `the blog post
 for caveats; in 2.4 the push-to-deploy feature was `further improved
 <https://github.com/blog/1994-git-2-4-atomic-pushes-push-to-deploy-and-more#push-to-deploy-improvements>`_.
 
+To update remote-tracking branches without updating local branches run
+``git remote update [$REMOTE...]``. For example::
+
+    $ git remote update
+    $ git remote update origin
+
 
 Tags
 ''''
@@ -878,7 +892,11 @@ Web interface to browse repositories can be created using `gitweb
 <https://git.kernel.org/cgit/git/git.git/tree/gitweb>`_ or `cgit
 <http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/about/>`_. Both are CGI scripts (written in
 Perl and C). In addition to web interface both provide read-only dumb
-http access for git (http(s):// URLs).
+http access for git (http(s):// URLs). `Klaus
+<https://pypi.python.org/pypi/klaus>`_ is a small and simple WSGI web
+server that implements both web interface and git smart HTTP
+transport; supports Python 2 and Python 3, performs syntax
+highlighting.
 
 There are also more advanced web-based development environments that
 include ability to manage users, groups and projects; private,
@@ -887,10 +905,11 @@ trackers, wiki pages, pull requests and other tools for development
 and communication. Among these environments are `Kallithea
 <https://kallithea-scm.org/>`_ and `pagure <https://pagure.io/>`_,
 both are written in Python; pagure was written by Fedora developers
-and is being used to develop some Fedora projects. `Gogs
-<https://gogs.io/>`_ is written in Go; there is a fork `Gitea
-<http://gitea.io/>`_. `GitBucket
-<https://takezoe.github.io/gitbucket/about/>`_ is written in Scala.
+and is being used to develop some Fedora projects. `GitPrep
+<http://gitprep.yukikimoto.com/>`_ is yet another Github clone,
+written in Perl. `Gogs <https://gogs.io/>`_ is written in Go.
+`GitBucket <https://takezoe.github.io/gitbucket/about/>`_ is written
+in Scala.
 
 And last but not least, `Gitlab <https://about.gitlab.com/>`_. It's
 perhaps the most advanced web-based development environment for git.