From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:17:52 GMT
Subject: Re: git pull (Re: need advice on usage patterns)
Message-ID: <20100726141752.GA1745@burratino>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikPHARaosHLwaKUqL12va4F7O3WMp1I4LIpu7Mp@mail.gmail.com>

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 03:36, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:

>> -'git pull' <options> <repository> <refspec>...
>> +'git pull' <options> <repository> <branch>...
>
> Wasn't it "refspec" because git-pull can take args like
> "refs/remotes/origin/*:refs/heads/*", not just branch names?

Yes, by abuse of language that might be called the noble lie (or
something; notice later where it says "<branch> can be an arbitrary
refspec).  Better ways to achieve the same effect would be welcome.