Re: [PATCH] Teach git-remote to update existing remotes by fetching from them

From: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date: Feb 19, 2007, 07:32 UTC
Message-ID: <20070219073238.GA30030@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To: <7virdybu9a.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:

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> "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> writes:
> 
> > This allows users to use the command "git remote update" to update all
> > remotes that are being tracked in the repository.
> 
> Sounds like a good idea.  Thanks.

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It would be nice to define "gang remotes". For example I want to be able to have:

  `git fetch cs`  ==  `git fetch cs-one; git fetch cs-two`
  `git fetch jc`  ==  `git fetch origin; git fetch alt`

Why? Well, I often have multiple remotes setup to the *same* repository depending on the SSH hostname I want to use to access that repository. This has a lot to do with the way my firewalls are setup and where I'm physically connected at any given time.

Yes, I really do have multiple remotes setup to the access the same (remote) physical disk. :)

Possible syntax:

	[remote "cs"]
		remote = cs-one
		remote = cs-two
	[remote "jc"]
		remote = origin
		remote = alt

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Obviously this is more work than Ted's nice little patch.  :)

-- 
Shawn.