Re: [PATCH] checkout: add remoteBranchTemplate config for DWIM branch names

From: pasteley <ceasebeing@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 23, 2025, 02:39 UTC
Message-ID: <1959d147-1a2d-40b4-9ca6-b85a461d2568@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqy0muqaut.fsf@gitster.g>

On 23/12/2025 1:51 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> pasteley <ceasebeing@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> 1. Server-side policies/hooks that require a namespace on the remote
>>      (e.g. `team/*`, `users/<id>/*`, `release/*`).
>> 2. Hosting / mirroring setups where remote branches live under a fixed
>>      prefix for organizational or access-control reasons.
>> 3. Migrations where the remote branch layout is constrained by the
>>      target system, while local developer workflows assume short names.
>>
>> In these scenarios developers do not create the problem, they inherit it.
> 
> Nobody stops you from interacting with projects like the above, and
> locally name branches you store your work in users/pasteley/topic-1
> instead of topic-1, no?
>

I would say: forced to handle it this way. And guessing I’m not the only one struggling. Meanwhile, there’s a simple quality-of-life improvement that would help avoid all the hacky custom aliases and shell workarounds for what should be a relatively straightforward remote refspec format adjustment. I’d really like to see this discussion move toward practical, constructive steps, though I’m not sure what it would take to get there.