[RndTbl] git subtree pull error
Trevor Cordes
trevor at tecnopolis.ca
Thu Aug 17 05:33:12 CDT 2017
Hi to all gitters who helped me a couple of years back. I'm implementing
a subtree using git subtree (better fits my model than submodules), but
I'm trying to do my 1st merge/pull (after the initial subtree import) and
I'm getting a weird error:
git subtree pull -P Nub nub master
* branch master -> FETCH_HEAD
fatal: refusing to merge unrelated histories
I'm conceptually confused as to why it's saying this. The whole subtree
command is basically the same as when I setup the remote and did the
initial bits. So why aren't the subtree histories related? Or is it
confusing the entire project with the subtree? The google hits I get
aren't really helping me since they aren't really specific to subtree.
If I add a squash:
git subtree pull --squash -P Nub nub master
Then it works and I can commit.
If I take out squash and add --allow-unrelated-histories it barfs because
subtree doesn't understand --allow-unrelated-histories, though I guess I
could do the separate parts manually and merge with
--allow-unrelated-histories.
However, in my understanding, I don't want squash nor feel I should
require allow-unrelated-histories? Am I wrong? The reason I don't want
squash is that I want all the subtree history mixed into my main project
because I want to be able to bisect on the entire project+subtree if I
ever need to (they are extremely tightly coupled).
Plus, I don't understand why squash solves the "unrelated histories"
error! That makes me nervous as to what is going on under the hood, and
I'd like to ensure I am doing this correctly before I commit my entire
project to a specific course of action.
Anyone understand this git subtree stuff better than me who can take a mo
to explain? Thanks!!!
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