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[Patrick Palka]

I think the branch check should only be done when performing a pull
command. That way one can still do ./sync-all fetch, ./sync-all diff, etc
when on a separate branch.


On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Erik de Castro Lopo <mle+hs at mega-nerd.com>wrote:

> Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
>
> > Simon Peyton-Jones wrote:
> >
> > > I'd done that (repeatedly).  BUT, as has often happened before, I'd
> forgotten
> > > that my tree was on a different branch, and pulling of course has no
> effect on
> > > the branch.   Rats.   Note to self: whenever anything odd happens,
> check you
> > > are on 'master'.
> >
> > Better yet, the sync-all script should detect whether it is on master and
> > error out (with a decent error message) if not.
> >
> > That way you (and I and others) don't have to remember this particular
> failure
> > mode.
> >
> > My Perl coding skills are rather rusty, but I'll have a go at this.
>
> Attached is a patch that checks that the current branch is master
> and bails if it isn't. If no one sees anything obviously wrong
> with this I'll push it.
>
> Cheers,
> Erik
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