-# get everything from the origin.
-git fetch origin
-test_or_die "running git fetch origin"
-
-
-#these are all shots in the dark.
-# use our careful updater!
-
-git remote update
-
-# get everything from the origin.
-git fetch --all
-
-# merge the changes in.
-git merge --no-ff --all
-
-# turn off occasionally troublesome setting before checkin.
-unset GIT_SSH
+perform_revctrl_action_on_file "$tempfile" do_careful_git_update
+test_or_die "doing a careful git update on: $tempfile"