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@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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