adding pull to push repo downstream

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

diff --git a/scripts/rev_control/push_repo_downstream.sh b/scripts/rev_control/push_repo_downstream.sh
index b2da88704a60f4ace4290f638e8be69cc1eb6030..b9c0620324b7b39947d98e999ad5f10698454187 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/rev_control/push_repo_downstream.sh
+++ b/scripts/rev_control/push_repo_downstream.sh
@@ -51,9 +51,14 @@ test_or_die "generating revision control file list"
 perform_revctrl_action_on_file "$tempfile" do_careful_git_update
 test_or_die "doing a careful git update on: $tempfile"
 
+# seems to be needed to cause a merge to be resolved.
+git pull downstream master
+# -m "unfortunate merge"
+test_or_die "running the git pull downstream master"
+
 # send our little boat down the stream to the dependent repository.
 git push downstream master
-test_or_die "running the git push downstream"
+test_or_die "running the git push downstream master"
 
 popd &>/dev/null