another try at the totally right steps

diff --git a/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh b/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh
index f3f433d3eebd837eef27362e80cb98cf6460294b..efda594872aec436582caedc33719782f0af0520 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh
+++ b/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh
@@ -276,6 +276,12 @@ function careful_git_update()
 {
   local this_branch="$(my_branch_name)"
 
+#this step didn't help before, and it seems redundant now.
+#hmmm, maybe it is needed.  and people did seem to want it first, so trying that.
+  # first update all our remote branches to their current state from the repos.
+  git remote update
+  test_or_die "git remote update"
+
 #appears to be useless; reports no changes when we need to know about remote changes that do exist:
 #  check_branch_state "$this_branch"
 #  state=$?
@@ -296,11 +302,6 @@ function careful_git_update()
   git checkout "$this_branch"
   test_or_die "git checking out our current branch: $this_branch"
 
-#this step didn't help before, and it seems redundant now.
-#  # first update all our remote branches to their current state from the repos.
-#  git remote update
-#  test_or_die "git remote update"
-
   # now pull down any changes in our own origin in the repo, to stay in synch
   # with any changes from others.
   git pull --no-ff --all