it will only pull the revisions you don't have and it can be done even after you changed some of your local files. it will merge the new stuff with your stuff and let you know if there were conflicts the only ways in which your branch isn't a clone of the remote branch is 1) the revision order might be different 2) your local changes will still only be in your local branch <div> On 3/23/07, Ian Clatworthy <<a href="mailto:ian.clatworthy@internode.on.net">ian.clatworthy@internode.on.net</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi, Just trying to get my head around *exactly* what pull does. In particular, the FAQ states "often when you pull, your local branch becomes a clone of the other one.". Why does it say "often when you pull"? When will it not be a clone? To ask the question another way, how is pull different from deleting the directory and running branch again (other than speed and bandwidth)? Ian C. </blockquote></div> -- I code therefore I am.