Check if local git tree is up-to-date ?

[imported_Devport]

I want to write a small script to check if the current local git tree is up to date ( in sync with repository ) to fetch and rebuild the set of compcom packages if neccessary only ( will be for gentoo / xeffects ).

Can anybody tell me how to check if a local copy is up to date ?

[Jupiter]

Devport the Xeffects ebuilds pull directly from the git repo - git://anongit.freedesktop.org/compcomm
Not a local repo in Xeffects. To check if there is any updates you can use gitweb
http://gitweb.opencompositing.org/?o=age

Let me know if this information helps.

[sonicbhoc]

Hey Devport, when you write that script, can you post it here?

[imported_Devport]

I need a simple command to query the current version of a git tree ( local and remote ). Its probably as easy as git --version ... but I can`t find it.

[Jupiter]

I need a simple command to query the current version of a git tree ( local and remote ). Its probably as easy as git --version ... but I can`t find it.


How about something like
[code:54e2d]git log | head -n1 | tail -c41[/code:54e2d]