Re: git is screwed

[Harald Hanche-Olsen <hanche@math.ntnu.no>]

Harald Hanche-Olsen wrote:
> The vast majority have M in the first column and a space in the second.
> That means they are modified in the index (uh, staging area is the
> modern name for it). They will be the result of the incomplete merge:
> Most of them are files that have been modified in the remote repository
> but not locally. The Ds have been deleted, and the As have been added.

I could have added that this means those files marked M will be the 
result of successfully merging your changes with those in the remote. 
Think of it as the result piping diff output into patch. Or they are 
just the ones changed remotely, if you have made no local changes.

> I have to go now, no time for the next couple hours. But perhaps someone
> else will give you advice.

But now I *really* have to go.

– Harald