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Re: git remote update -> rejected

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TLTeemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>
Date
Apr 22, 2008, 14:04 UTC
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<20080422140440.GC3098@mithlond.arda.local>
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Johannes Schindelin wrote (2008-04-22 14:49 +0100):
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> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008, Teemu Likonen wrote:
> 
> > Hmm, to me it looks like --mirror is for mirroring remote repository
> > and hence the "+" makes sense in here too. It's like "I want to make
> > my repository a copy of that remote repository" hence the name
> > 'mirror'. It'll possibly overwrite local branches but in my way of
> > thinking mirroring implies that possibility. The 'git remote' manual
> > says that --mirror "only makes sense in bare repositories", so the
> > manual seems to guide towards not having local working directory nor
> > changes.
> 
> Okay, how about this: take Peff's patch, but add a warning if --mirror
> is used on a non-bare repository?

Sounds good to me. Indeed, giving a warning is _very_ good idea as --mirror is potentially, even likely, destructive with local changes and working directory.

Previous: Johannes SchindelinNext: Paolo Bonzini
Message 18 of 28 in “git remote update -> rejected”
  1. Mike GalbraithApr 22, 2008
  2. Jeff KingApr 22, 2008
  3. Mike GalbraithApr 22, 2008
  4. Jeff KingApr 22, 2008
  5. Johannes SchindelinApr 22, 2008
  6. Jeff KingApr 22, 2008
  7. Johannes SchindelinApr 22, 2008
  8. Jeff KingApr 22, 2008
  9. builtin-remote: resurrect forced updates to tracked branchesJohannes Schindelin, Apr 22, 2008
  10. Junio C HamanoApr 22, 2008
  11. Teemu LikonenApr 22, 2008
  12. Johannes SchindelinApr 22, 2008
  13. Jeff KingApr 22, 2008
  14. Johannes SchindelinApr 22, 2008
  15. Paolo BonziniApr 22, 2008
  16. Teemu LikonenApr 22, 2008
  17. Johannes SchindelinApr 22, 2008
  18. Teemu LikonenApr 22, 2008
  19. Paolo BonziniApr 22, 2008
  20. Johannes SchindelinApr 22, 2008
  21. Paolo BonziniApr 22, 2008
  22. Paolo BonziniApr 22, 2008
  23. Johannes SchindelinApr 22, 2008
  24. Junio C HamanoApr 22, 2008
  25. remote add: disallow --master and --mirror with non-bare repositoriesJohannes Schindelin, Apr 22, 2008
  26. Paolo BonziniApr 22, 2008
  27. Paolo BonziniApr 22, 2008
  28. Johannes SchindelinApr 22, 2008

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