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Re: [PATCH] pull: refuse complete src:dst fetchspec arguments

From
Björn Steinbrink <b.steinbrink@gmx.de>
Date
Oct 21, 2009, 03:15 UTC
Message-ID
<20091021031528.GB18997@atjola.homenet>
In-Reply-To
<alpine.LNX.2.00.0910202044150.14365@iabervon.org>
On 2009.10.20 20:55:25 -0400, Daniel Barkalow wrote:
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> Maybe it should be fine to do:
> 
> $ git fetch long-url-here master:temp
> $ git merge temp
> $ git checkout other-branch-that-also-needs-it
> $ git merge temp
> 
> But "temp" is "refs/remotes/temp", not "refs/heads/temp"?
One (maybe important) difference there is that the "pull" gets you:
    Merge branch 'pu' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git
Even with "master:tmp". But with fetch+merge (storing in refs/remotes):
    Merge remote branch 'tmp'

As a minor side-effect, having the "tmp" ref makes re-running the pull (for whatever reason) cheaper, as without it, the fetch step would possibly re-fetch the whole stuff (not reachable through any local ref).

Björn, undecided...
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  1. pull: refuse complete src:dst fetchspec argumentsThomas Rast, Oct 20, 2009
  2. Thomas RastOct 20, 2009
  3. Wesley J. LandakerOct 20, 2009
  4. Sean EstabrooksOct 20, 2009
  5. Junio C HamanoOct 20, 2009
  6. Daniel BarkalowOct 21, 2009
  7. Sean EstabrooksOct 21, 2009
  8. Daniel BarkalowOct 21, 2009
  9. Sean EstabrooksOct 21, 2009
  10. Björn SteinbrinkOct 21, 2009
  11. Daniel BarkalowOct 21, 2009
  12. Thomas RastOct 21, 2009
  13. Jeff KingOct 23, 2009
  14. Daniel BarkalowOct 23, 2009
  15. Jeff KingOct 24, 2009
  16. Junio C HamanoOct 24, 2009
  17. Thomas RastOct 21, 2009
  18. Thomas RastNov 15, 2009
  19. Junio C HamanoNov 15, 2009
  20. Nanako ShiraishiDec 29, 2009
  21. Junio C HamanoDec 29, 2009

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