stopped redundant merges, added reconfigure note

[feisty_meow.git] / scripts / rev_control / version_control.sh

diff --git a/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh b/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh
index 75f344cf66ab8485f0e8b980f6b83c8eef924859..e1cb4192d4bcd8de812c39bf38e44bcb31fb8686 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh
+++ b/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ function do_checkin()
   if [ $nicedir == "." ]; then
     nicedir=$(\pwd)
   fi
-  local blatt="echo checking in '$nicedir'..."
+  local blatt="echo -n checking in '$nicedir'...  "
 
   do_update "$directory"
   test_or_die "repository update--this should be fixed before check-in."
@@ -383,6 +383,10 @@ function do_careful_git_update()
   local bran
   for bran in $branch_list; do
 #    echo "synchronizing remote branch: $bran"
+    if [ "$this_branch" == "$bran" ]; then
+      echo "skipping redundant update on initial branch: $bran"
+      continue;
+    fi
     git checkout "$bran" | $TO_SPLITTER
     promote_pipe_return 0
     test_or_die "git switching checkout to remote branch: $bran"