git log not tracking updates after git fetch (in --no-checkout clone)

Question

I have a git repository that I have cloned with git clone --no-checkout <url>.

After fetching the changes from the remote repository, however, git log does not show the latest commits. git log origin does. I don't want any working files, so I don't want to merge or pull.

To reproduce, do a clone from an existing git repository. Then make (or wait for) some commits in the original repository (not the clone). Then go back to the clone and do git fetch. Observe that git log and git log origin show a different set of commits.

How can I get git log with no other arguments to show the latest commits instead of just the commits starting with the commit that was the latest when I did the original clone? It's not clear to me how to "advance the pointer" so that git log shows the latest commits without checking out working files.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65865999/git-log-not-tracking-updates-after-git-fetch-in-no-checkout-clone

Answer 1

You are using option

--no-checkout

This option implies no checkout of HEAD is performed after the clone is complete. So here you can see the current HEADs and tags.

I do not think without getting a working copy you can check all these details.