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Re: [PATCH 3/3] branch: add --unset-upstream option

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Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de>
Date
Jul 11, 2012, 14:14 UTC
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On Tue, 2012-07-10 at 11:02 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de> writes:
> 
> > We have ways of setting the upstream information, but if we want to
> > unset it, we need to resort to modifying the configuration manually.
> >
> > Teach branch an --unset-upstream option that unsets this information.
> >
> > ---
> >
> > create_branch() uses install_branch_config() which may also set
> > branch.foo.rebase, so this version might leave some configuration
> > laying around.
> >
> > I wonder if deleting the whole branch.foo section would be better. Can
> > we be sure that nothing else shows up there?
> 
> "branch.foo.$unknown" may not be related to upstream at all, so that
> will not fly.  Besides, we already have unknown=description, no?

Ah yes, that exists. I've added a bit of code to also remove branch.foo.rebase, which I'd also consider to be part of the upstream information.

   cmn
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Message 27 of 29 in “A better way of handling upstream information in git-branch”
  1. 0/3 A better way of handling upstream information in git-branchCarlos Martín Nieto, Jul 10, 2012
  2. 1/3 branch: introduce --set-upstream-toCarlos Martín Nieto, Jul 10, 2012
  3. Matthieu MoyJul 10, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 10, 2012
  5. Jonathan NiederJul 10, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 10, 2012
  7. Jonathan NiederJul 10, 2012
  8. Junio C HamanoJul 10, 2012
  9. Jonathan NiederJul 10, 2012
  10. Junio C HamanoJul 10, 2012
  11. Jonathan NiederJul 10, 2012
  12. Junio C HamanoJul 11, 2012
  13. Jonathan NiederJul 11, 2012
  14. Miles BaderJul 12, 2012
  15. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2012
  16. 2/3 branch: suggest how to undo a --set-upstream when given one branchCarlos Martín Nieto, Jul 10, 2012
  17. Matthieu MoyJul 10, 2012
  18. Carlos Martín NietoJul 11, 2012
  19. Junio C HamanoJul 10, 2012
  20. Carlos Martín NietoJul 11, 2012
  21. Jonathan NiederJul 10, 2012
  22. Junio C HamanoJul 10, 2012
  23. Jonathan NiederJul 10, 2012
  24. Carlos Martín NietoJul 11, 2012
  25. 3/3 branch: add --unset-upstream optionCarlos Martín Nieto, Jul 10, 2012
  26. Junio C HamanoJul 10, 2012
  27. Carlos Martín NietoJul 11, 2012
  28. Junio C HamanoJul 11, 2012
  29. Carlos Martín NietoJul 12, 2012

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