From: Martin Waitz Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:02:20 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Per branch properties for pull and fetch Message-ID: <20060727120220.GD27593@admingilde.org> In-Reply-To: <8aa486160607270306s3f49a01cq91ef61e2c9f005e@mail.gmail.com> hoi :) On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 12:06:34PM +0200, Santi wrote: > >> could we default the to-be-merged branch to "remotes/$remote/$branch" if > >> that exists?. That could make life a lot easier when using > >> clone --use-separate-remote. > On the other hand, my patch changes the behaviour only when explicitly > configured, and your proposed default would change the behaviour even > without changes to the config. that is correct. The current default is to always use the remote's master branch, right? What do others think: does it make sense to default to the same branchname on the remote side? It could make life a bit easier if you want to synchronize several topic branches between different sites. -- Martin Waitz