how to correctly update local backup? #196

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1. Deliaz commented on Apr 17, 2022

   

   Deliaz

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   Try without --incremental first
2. whwright commented on Apr 20, 2022

   

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   This tool pulls remotes using fetch, so your "local files" won't change until the merge in the remote branch.
3. ma-ji commented on Jun 21, 2022

   

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   This tool pulls remotes using fetch, so your "local files" won't change until the merge in the remote branch.

   Can explain more about this? How can actually update the local files?
4. ma-ji commented on Jun 21, 2022

   

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   Try without --incremental first

   Unfortunately, this does not seem to be working.
5. whwright commented on Jun 30, 2022

   

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   This tool pulls remotes using fetch, so your "local files" won't change until the merge in the remote branch.

   Can explain more about this? How can actually update the local files?

   You might need to learn more about how a git repo works under the hood, but you will want to merge in the latest remote branch (which has been fetched via the backup) using git merge {remote}/{branch} or likely git merge origin/master.
6. YoungMahesh commented on Nov 22, 2022

   

   YoungMahesh

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   This tool pulls remotes using fetch, so your "local files" won't change until the merge in the remote branch.

   Can explain more about this? How can actually update the local files?

   You might need to learn more about how a git repo works under the hood, but you will want to merge in the latest remote branch (which has been fetched via the backup) using git merge {remote}/{branch} or likely git merge origin/master.

   @whwright Can I pass any argument to github-backup command, so it will automatically run git merge {remote}/{branch} for all repositories in my local-backup ?
7. whwright commented on Nov 22, 2022

   

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   This tool pulls remotes using fetch, so your "local files" won't change until the merge in the remote branch.

   Can explain more about this? How can actually update the local files?

   You might need to learn more about how a git repo works under the hood, but you will want to merge in the latest remote branch (which has been fetched via the backup) using git merge {remote}/{branch} or likely git merge origin/master.

   @whwright Can I pass any argument to github-backup command, so it will automatically run git merge {remote}/{branch} for all repositories in my local-backup ?

   No this is not supported, neither is it necessary. The data is in your local copy of the repo if the tool as been run.
8. Iamrodos commented on Dec 3, 2025

   

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   @josegonzalez this can be closed as it was addressed by #457
9. josegonzalez

   closed this as completedon Dec 4, 2025