{"thread":{"id":"52593","subject":"`git fetch origin ''` (the empty string) -- should this work?","startedAt":"2020-01-08T05:28:17Z","lastAt":"2020-01-08T05:28:17Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Anthony Sottile"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"389450","messageId":"CA+dzEBnT2Bgw7iwVWiHyCKs1V1oaSuEb8rR+dmiO7RbqpaVjgw@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"52593","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"`git fetch origin ''` (the empty string) -- should this work?","fromName":"Anthony Sottile","fromEmail":"asottile@umich.edu","sentAt":"2020-01-08T05:28:03Z","receivedAt":"2020-01-08T05:28:17Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"asottile@umich.edu","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1810591?v=4"},"body":"this seems to end up doing the same as `git fetch origin HEAD` but I\ncan't figure out why -- perhaps someone on this list can help me :)\n\n$ git fetch origin ''\nFrom github.com:python/cpython\n * branch                  HEAD       -> FETCH_HEAD\n\nwhat I expected was `fatal: Couldn't find remote ref ''` or something\nof the sort as would be seen when fetching some non-existent branch:\n\n$ git fetch origin wat\nfatal: Couldn't find remote ref wat\n\nAnthony\n"}]}